Bergamasque Prealps
| Bergamasque Prealps | |
|---|---|
| File:Monte Concarena - Valle Camonica (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg Mount Concarena - view from Naquane Val Camonica | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Concarena |
| Elevation | 2,549 m (8,363 ft) |
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| Naming | |
| Native name | Prealpi Bergamasche (Italian) |
| Geography | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| Region | File:Flag of Lombardy.svg Lombardy |
| Province | File:Flag of Bergamo.svg Bergamo File:Flag of Brescia.svg Brescia Lecco |
| Parent range | Bergamasque Alps and Prealps |
| Borders on | Bergamo Alps, Lugano Prealps, Brescia and Garda Prealps and Po plain |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
| Rock type | Sedimentary rocks[1] |
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The Bergamasque Prealps (Italian: Prealpi Bergamasche) are a mountain range within the Alps. The range is located in Lombardy, in the north of Italy.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Bergamo and, to a lesser extent, to the provinces of Lecco and Brescia.
The western slopes of the mountains are drained by the Adda, the central and eastern part of the range by Oglio and other minor rivers and streams, all of them tributaries of the Po.
SOIUSA classification
[edit | edit source]According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine subsection, classified in the following way:[2]
- main part = Eastern Alps
- major sector = Southern Limestone Alps
- section = Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
- subsection = Bergamasque Prealps
- code = II/C-29.II
Borders
[edit | edit source]The Bergamo Prealps stretch between Lake Como (west) and Lake Iseo (east). They are separated from the Bergamo Alps (north) by some secondary valleys of Val Brembana, Val Seriana and Val Camonica: Valsassina, Valtorta, Val Secca, Valcanale, Val Nembo, Val di Scalve and Val Paisco. Towards south they end with the Po plain.
Subdivision
[edit | edit source]The Bergamasque Prealps are subdivided into three supergroups:[2]
- Catena Campelli-Resegone-Grigne (or Prealpi Bergamasche Occidentali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-A,
- Catena Arera-Alben (or Prealpi Bergamasche Centrali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-B,
- Catena Presolana-Pora-Concarena (or Prealpi Bergamasche Orientali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-C.
Notable summits
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Some notable summits of the range are:
| Name | metres |
|---|---|
| Concarena | 2,549 |
| Presolana | 2,521 |
| Pizzo Arera | 2,512 |
| Pizzo Camino | 2,492 |
| Grigna | 2,410 |
| Cime di Lemma | 2,348 |
| Cima del Fop | 2,322 |
| Monte Secco | 2,267 |
| Monte Resegone | 1,875 |
| Monte Pora | 1,880 |
| Monte Negrino | 1,781 |
| Monte Altissimo | 1,703 |
| Monte Due Mani | 1,666 |
| Pizzo Formico | 1,636 |
| Monte Linzone | 1,392 |
| Monte Misma | 1,160 |
| Canto Alto | 1,146 |
| Monte Canto | 710 |
See also
[edit | edit source]Maps
[edit | edit source]- Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it