Alpokalja (English "feet of the Alps") is a geographic region in western

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. Its highest point is

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s, the majority of the territory is

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forests are characteristic to the region. Alpokalja contains two major but not very extensive mountain ranges: the

Kőszeg Mountains The Kőszeg Mountains , sometimes called the Guns or Güns Mountains (german: Günser Gebirge, hu, Kőszegi-hegység), are a mountain range in the Alpokalja area, the easternmost region of the Alps. The territory of the range is shared between A ...

and the

Sopron Mountains The Sopron Mountains ( hu, Soproni-hegység, Soproni-hg., german: Ödenburger Gebirge), occasionally also called the Ödenburg Mountains, is a low mountain range which forms the eastward extension of the Eastern Alps in Europe. It is part of the ...

. The Vas Hills and Balfi Hills are also considered part of the territory.

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