!!!Nordtiroler Kalkalpen

North Tyrolean Limestone Alps, part of the  Northern Limestone Alps, 
comprise the mountain ranges  Kaisergebirge Mountains  (alt. 
2,344 m), Sonnwendgebirge Mountains (alt. 2,299 m),  
Karwendel Mountains (alt. 2,756 m),  Wettersteingebirge Mountains 
(alt. 2,962 m) and  Mieming Mountains,  Lechtal Alps (alt. 
3,036 m) and  Allgaeu Alps (alt. 2,657 m) between the 
Kitzbueheler Ache river and the Flexen Pass. Characteristics of these 
mountains include light, steep and sharp-edged crests with enormous 
talus slopes, narrow and wooded valleys, gorges and large alpine 
meadows that are sparsely populated. Types of rock: The limestone 
peaks and tops on the border of the province of Salzburg are made of  
Dachstein Limestone and  Wetterstein Limestone  and towards the west 
of the light grey and splintery  Main Dolomite Rock.

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Deeply cut mountain passes (Seefelder Sattel, alt. 1,185 m, 
Scharnitzer Klause, alt. 955 m, Ehrwalder Sattel, alt. 
910 m, Fernpass, alt. 1,210 m, Holzleitensattel, alt. 
1,119 m), the Kitzbueheler Ache river cross valley and the 
Achental valley (with Lake Achensee) separate the various mountain 
groups from each other.


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