Bergamasque Prealps Explained

Bergamasque Prealps
Country: Italy
Subdivision2 Type:Region
Subdivision3 Type:Province
Subdivision3:

Lecco
Parent:Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
Highest:Mount Concarena
Elevation M:2549
Coordinates:46.0114°N 10.2794°W
Geology:Sedimentary rocks[1]
Orogeny:Alpine orogeny

The Bergamasque Prealps are a mountain range within the Alps. The range is located in Lombardy, in the north of Italy.

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Bergamo and, to a lesser extent, to the provinces of Lecco and Brescia.

The western slopes of the mountains are drained by the Adda, the central and eastern 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]

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:

Notable summits

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetres
2,549
2,521
2,512
2,492
2,410
2,348
Cima del Fop2,322
Monte Secco2,267
1,875
1,880
1,781
1,666
1,636
1,392
1,160
1,146
710

See also

Maps

Notes and References

  1. Book: VV. AA. . Bergamo e provincia. Touring Club Italiano. 2002. it. 19.
  2. Book: Marazzi , Sergio . Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA. Priuli & Verlucca. 2005. it. 978-88-8068-273-8.