Dauphiné Prealps

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Peak Grande Tête de l'Obiou Country France Highest point Grande Tête de l'Obiou Parent range Alps		Elevation 2,790 m (9,150 ft) Orogeny Alpine orogeny Type of rock Sedimentary rock Mountains Grande Tête de l'Obiou

Région Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Borders on Provence Alps and Prealps, Dauphiné Alps and Savoy Prealps

The Dauphiné Prealps (Préalpes du Dauphiné in French) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They are located in Rhône-Alpes and, marginally, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (south-eastern France). Dauphiné Prealps are the central section of the French Prealps.

EtymologyEdit

The Dauphiné (pronounced: [dofine]) is a historical region whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes.

GeographyEdit

Administratively the French part of the range belongs to the French departments of Isère, Drôme, Hautes-Alpes and, marginally, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The whole range is drained by the Rhone river.

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 = Western Alps

major sector = South Western Alps

section = Dauphiné Prealps

code = I/A-6

BordersEdit

Dauphiné Prealps' borders are (anticlockwise):

Isère (north);

Drac, Col Bayard - which connects them with Dauphiné Alps - and Durance (east)

Buëch, Col de Macuègne - which connects them with Provence Alps and prealps - and Toulourenc river (south);

Rhone and Isère valleys (west).

SubdivisionEdit

The Dauphiné Prealps are divided into five Alpine subsections:

Dévoluy Mountains - SOIUSA code:I/A-6.I;

Massif Céüse-Aujour - SOIUSA code:I/A-6.II;

Massif du Vercors - SOIUSA code:I/A-6.III;

Massif du Diois - SOIUSA code:I/A-6.IV;

Massif des Baronnies - SOIUSA code:I/A-6.V.

Notable summitsEdit

Some notable summits of the range are:

Notable passesEdit

Some notable passes of the range are:

MapsEdit

French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr

References

Dauphiné Prealps Wikipedia

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