Bergamasque Prealps
| Bergamasque Prealps | |
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| Prealpi Bergamasche | |
| File:Monte Concarena - Val Camonica.jpg
Mount Concarena - view from Naquane Val Camonica
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Concarena |
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| 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 (Prealpi Bergamasche in Italian) are a mountain range in the southern part of the Alps. They are located in Lombardy, in the northern part of Italy.
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Geography
Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Bergamo and, marginally, 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]
- main part = Eastern Alps
- major sector = Southern Limestone Alps
- section = Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
- subsection = Bergamasque Prealps
- code = II/C-29.II
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
Some notable summits of the range are:
| Name | metres |
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| Concarena | 2,549 |
| Presolana | 2,521 |
| Pizzo Arera | 2,512 |
| Pizzo Camino | 2,492 |
| Grigna | 2,410 |
| Monte Resegone | 1,875 |
| Monte Pora | 1,880 |
| Canto Alto | 1,146 |
References
Maps
- Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
