Type of rock Sedimentary rock | Elevation 2,549 m (8,363 ft) | |
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Parent range Bergamasque Alps and Prealps Mountains Similar Val Brembana, Pizzo Arera, Presolana, Pizzo del Diavolo di Tenda, Pizzo Tre Signori | ||
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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GeographyEdit
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 classificationEdit
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine subsection, classified in the following way:
BordersEdit
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.
SubdivisionEdit
The Bergamasque Prealps are subdivided into three supergroups:
Notable summitsEdit
Some notable summits of the range are: