Elevation 3,050 m (10,010 ft) Region Lombardy Peak Pizzo Coca Parent range Alps | Country Italy Orogeny Alpine orogeny Type of rock Sedimentary rock | |
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Borders on List
Western Rhaetian Alps
Southern Rhaetian Alps
Brescia and Garda Prealps
Lugano Prealps
Po plain Districts Province of Bergamo, Province of Sondrio, Province of Lecco, Province of Brescia Similar Alps, Monte Pegherolo, Monte Linzone, Monte Grabiasca, Monte Cabianca | ||
The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps (Alpi e 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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GeographyEdit
Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Bergamo and, marginally, to the provinces of Sondrio, 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 classificationEdit
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:
BordersEdit
Bergamasque Alps and Prealps' borders are (clockwise):
SubdivisionEdit
The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps are subdivided in two subsections:
which are divided 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.
Notable summitsEdit
Some notable summits of the range are: