The Noric Alps (German: Norische Alpen) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps located mostly in Austria (98% of the region is Austrian, mainly in the southern Carinthia and Styria states), with a small area in the adjacent Lower Styria region of Slovenia. The name derives from the ancient Noricum province of the Roman Empire.
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