Southern Alps (Europe)
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The Southern Alps are a geological subdivision of Alps that are found south of the Periadriatic Seam, a major geological faultzone across the Alps. The southern Alps contain almost the same area as the Southern Limestone Alps. The rocks of the southern Alps gradually go over in the Dinarides or Dinaric Alps to the south-east. In the south-west they disappear below recent sediments of the Po basin that are lying discordant on top of them.
This article is about the geological subdivision. For the southern part of the Alps, see Geography of the Alps. For the mountain range that dominates New Zealand's South Island, see Southern Alps.