Bergamasque Prealps

Bergamasque Prealps
Bergamasque Prealps
	Mount Concarena - view from Naquane Val Camonica
Highest point
Peak	Mount Concarena
Elevation	2,549 m (8,363 ft)
Coordinates	46°00′00″N 10°16′46″E / 46.00000°N 10.27944°E
Naming
Native name	Prealpi Bergamasche Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
Geography
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Bergamo, Lecco, Brescia
Parent range	Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
Borders on	Bergamo Alps, Lugano Prealps, Brescia and Garda Prealps and Po plain
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Rock type	Sedimentary rocks

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.

Geography

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 classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine subsection, classified in the following way:^[2]

main part = Eastern Alps
major sector = Southern Limestone Alps
section = Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
subsection = Bergamasque Prealps
code = II/C-29.II

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:^[2]

Catena Campelli-Resegone-Grigne (or Prealpi Bergamasche Occidentali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-A,
Catena Arera-Alben (or Prealpi Bergamasche Centrali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-B,
Catena Presolana-Pora-Concarena (or Prealpi Bergamasche Orientali) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II-C.

Notable summits

Some notable summits of the range are:

Name	metres
Concarena	2,549
Presolana	2,521
Pizzo Arera	2,512
Pizzo Camino	2,492
Grigna	2,410
Monte Resegone	1,875
Monte Pora	1,880
Canto Alto	1,146

Maps

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

References

^ VV. AA. (2002). Bergamo e provincia (in Italian). Touring Club Italiano. p. 19. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ ^a ^b Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[TCI-1] VV. AA. (2002). Bergamo e provincia (in Italian). Touring Club Italiano. p. 19. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[soiu-2] Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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