Alpi e Prealpi Bergamasche

The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps (Alpi e 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.

Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Bergamo and, marginally, to the provinces of Sondrio, 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 .

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 = Bergamasque Alps and Prealps code = II/C-29

Como lake (west); river Adda, Aprica pass and Corteno valley (north); val Camonica and Iseo lake (east); Po Plain (south).

The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps are subdivided in two subsections:

Bergamo Alps (IT: Alpi Orobie) - SOIUSA code: II/C-29.I, Bergamasque Prealps (IT: Prealpi Bergamasche)- SOIUSA code: II/C-29.II, which are divided 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.

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

Location: Italy.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.