Southern Alps

Southern Alps

In geography and geology, the Southern Alps are referred to as the southern part of the Eastern Alps.
The section in the southwest, which is actually more in the south of the western Alps, is shown here in the
Geography called the Maritime Alps.

geology

Geologically, the Alps are divided into three major tectonic units:
Western Alps, Eastern Alps and Southern Alps. The Southern Alps are the mountain ranges to the south of the Periadriatic Line.
The periadriatic line consists of Centovalli, Tonalepass, Pustertal, Gailtal and Karawanken
together.

In contrast to the north-western Eastern Alps, the Southern Alps are south-vergent. This means that the
Alpine nappe thrusts and rock fissures face south. The
In terms of tectonics, the Southern Alps are not as complex as the Eastern Alps, although there are generous
Mesozoic formations are significant Paleozoic deposits (Carnic Alps).

Physical Geography

The physical geography divides the Eastern Alps into Northern Alps, Central Alps and Southern Alps according to the longitudinal furrows one. The designation then corresponds to the petrological rock zone of the Southern Limestone Alps, where
is strictly limited to limestone on limestone, i.e. with the southern Pre-Alps and various local
Rock occurrences e.g. volcanic nature.

Regional Geography

Under climatic-cultural criteria of the local geography, the term Southern Alps includes approximately

includes the same regions as those of physical geography. However, the Southern Alps include the Bacher Mountains,
which is actually the foothills of the Central Alps in the east, as well as the massifs of the Ortler, Sobretta and
of the Bergamasque Alps to Lake Como and thus the Alpine region in the south of the line Adda - Adige -
Isarco and Drava includes.