Bergamasque Prealps

Bergamasque Prealps
Prealpi Bergamasche
Mount Concarena - view from Naquane Val Camonica
Highest point
Peak Mount Concarena
Elevation 2,549 m (8,363 ft)
Coordinates 46°00′00″N 10°16′46″E / 46.00000°N 10.27944°E / 46.00000; 10.27944Coordinates: 46°00′00″N 10°16′46″E / 46.00000°N 10.27944°E / 46.00000; 10.27944 
Geography
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Bergamo, Lecco, Brescia
Parent range Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
Borders on Bergamo Alps, Lugano Prealps, Brescia and Garda Prealps and Po plain
Geology
Orogeny Alpine orogeny
Type of rock Sedimentary rocks[1]

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

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 western part of the range by Oglio and other minor rivers and streams, all of them tributaries of the Po.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine subsection, classified in the following way:[2]

Borders

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

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

Monte Resegone, in the western part of the range

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetres
Concarena2,549
Presolana2,521
Pizzo Arera2,512
Pizzo Camino2,492
Grigna2,410
Monte Resegone1,875
Monte Pora1,880
Canto Alto1,146

See also

Maps

References

  1. ↑ VV. AA. (2002). Bergamo e provincia (in Italian). Touring Club Italiano. p. 19.
  2. 1 2 Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
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