Brescia and Garda Prealps

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Peak Monte Cadria Country Italy Highest point Monte Cadria Type of rock Sedimentary rock		Elevation 2,254 m (7,395 ft) Orogeny Alpine orogeny District Province of Brescia Parent range Alps

Region Lombardy, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Borders on Bergamasque Alps and Prealps, Southern Rhaetian Alps and Venetian Prealps Districts Province of Verona, Trentino Mountains Monte Baldo, Monte Pizzocolo, Monte Tombea, Monte Guglielmo, Monte Altissimo di Nago

The Brescia and Garda Prealps (Prealpi Bresciane e Gardesane in Italian) are a mountain range in the southern part of the Alps. They are located mainly in Lombardy but also in Trentino Alto Adige and in Veneto, in the northern part of Italy.

GeographyEdit

Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provinces of Trento (in the Region of Trentino Alto Adige), Verona (in the Region of Veneto) and Brescia (in the Region of Lombardy).

The easternmost slopes of the mountains are drained by the Adige, the central ande western part of the range by Chiese, Sarca, 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:

main part = Eastern Alps

major sector = Southern Limestone Alps

section = Brescia and Garda Prealps

code = II/C-32

BordersEdit

Brescia and Garda Prealps' borders are (clockwise):

Oglio river, Iseo lake and Val Camonica (west), which divide them from the Bergamasque Alps and Prealps;

Croce Domini Pass and Giudicarie (north), which divide them from the southern Rhaetian Alps;

Adige river (east), which divedes them from the Venetian Prealps;

Po Plain (south).

SubdivisionEdit

The Brescia and Garda Prealps are subdivided into two subsections:

Brescia Prealps - SOIUSA code:II/C-30.I

Garda Prealps - SOIUSA code:II/C-30.II,

which are separated by the Valle Sabbia.

These subsections are further divided in supergroups:

Brescia Prealps:

supergroup Catena Setteventi-Muffetto-Guglielmo - SOIUSA code:II/C-30.I-A,

supergroup Catena Dosso Alto-Monte Palo - SOIUSA code:II/C-30.I-B;

Garda Prealps:

supergroup Prealpi Giudicarie - SOIUSA code:II/C-30.II-A,

supergroup Prealpi Gardesane Sud-occidentali - SOIUSA code:II/C-30.II-B,

supergroup Prealpi Gardesane Orientali - SOIUSA code:II/C-30.II-C.

SummitsEdit

The chief summits of the range are:

MapsEdit

Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it

References

Brescia and Garda Prealps Wikipedia

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