Slovene Hills

The Slovene Hills[1][2] or the Slovenian Hills[3][4] (Slovene: Slovenske gorice, German: Windische Bühel[5] or Windische Büheln[6]) is the largest hilly region of Slovenia, a smaller part is located in the Austrian province of Styria.[8] It is hypothesized that the name Slovenske gorice originally applied to a smaller central area of the range, between Mureck and Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah.There are a multitude of low ridges and hills traversed by numerous river valleys, which extend from the northwest towards southeast almost linearly.The average annual precipitation ranges from 900 to 1,000 millimetres (35 to 39 in), with the largest part falling in the growth period.The green woodpecker (Picus viridis), the hoopoe (Upupa epops), the common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), the turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur), the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), and the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) nest there as well.