Alpine Foreland

View from Mt. Lusen in the Bavarian Forest to the Dachstein massif of the Alps

The Alpine Foreland,[1] less commonly called the Bavarian Foreland,[1] Bavarian Plateau[1] or Bavarian Alpine Foreland (German: Bayerisches Alpenvorland), refers to a triangular region of plateau and rolling foothills in Southern Germany, stretching from Lake Constance in the west to beyond Linz on the Danube in the east, with the Bavarian Alps forming its south boundary and the Danube its northern extent.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Dickinson, Robert E (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, pp. 585-586. ASIN B000IOFSEQ.