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The French Prealps (Préalpes ) are a group of mountain ranges of medium elevation. They are located west of the French Alps , stretching from Lake Geneva south-west to the Drôme River . They lie west of the line Chamonix - Albertville - Grenoble . The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ...
The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. ...
Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, Le Léman or Lac de Genève, (German: Genfersee) is the second largest freshwater lake in central Europe (after Lake Balaton), divided between France (Haute-Savoie) and Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais). ...
The Drôme is a 110 km long river in southeastern France. ...
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, or more commonly, Chamonix is a town and commune in eastern France, in the Haute-Savoie département, at the foot of Mont Blanc. ...
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View of Grenoble, 2002, with the snowy peaks of the Dauphiné Alps Location within France Grenoble (Occitan: Grasanòbol) is a city and commune in south-east France, situated at the foot of the Alps, at the confluence of the Drac into the Isère River. ...
Chablais (highest summit Hauts-Forts, 2464 m) Aravis (highest summit Pointe Percée, 2750 m)Bornes (highest summit Pointe Blanche, 2438 m) Bauges (highest summit Arcalod, 2217 m) Chartreuse Mountains (highest summit Chamechaude, 2082 m)Vercors Plateau (highest summit Grand Veymont, 2341 m)
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