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The Kamnik-Savinja Alps are almost entirely located on the territory of Slovenia. The highest peak of the mentioned Alps is Grintovec, which at 2,558 m also ranks among the highest peaks in the country. They are named after the town of Kamnik and the Savinja River. The Kamnik-Savinja Alps consist of three larger mountain groups.
The Storžič group (2,132 m) is located west of the Kokra River and south of the Karawanks.
The group of the central Grintovci is located east of the Kokra River. The highest peak is Grintovec (2,558 m), which is only a few meters higher than the neighboring peaks. This group also contains the only glacier in the Kamnik and Savinja Alps, the glacier below Skuta, which is shrinking year by year.
The third group consists of high karst plateaus, where there is the expansive Veža plateau or Dleskovec plateau. The Dleskovec plateau, which rises steeply above the Lučka Bela Valley and Robanov Kot, is full of karst caves and abysses. This group also includes plateaus such as Velika Planina, Menina Planina, Golte, the Smrekovec Range, and Raduha.
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