Brescia and Garda Prealps
Prealpi Bresciane e Gardesane
Brescia and Garda Prealps (section nr.30) within Eastern Alps
Highest point
PeakMonte Cadria
Elevation2,254 m (7,395 ft)
Coordinates45°56′23″N 10°41′50″E / 45.93972°N 10.69722°E / 45.93972; 10.69722
Geography
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
ProvinceBrescia, Verona and Trento
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onBergamasque Alps and Prealps, Southern Rhaetian Alps and Venetian Prealps
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Type of rockSedimentary rocks[1]

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.

Geography

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 and western part of the range by Chiese, Sarca, 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 section, classified in the following way:[2]

Borders

Brescia and Garda Prealps' borders are (clockwise):

Subdivision

The Brescia and Garda Prealps are subdivided into two subsections:[2]

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,[3]
    • supergroup Catena Dosso Alto-Monte Palo - SOIUSA code:II/C-30.I-B;[4]
  • 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.

Summits

Monte Baldo

The chief summits of the range are:

Namemetresfeet
Monte Cadria2,2547,393
Monte Baldo2,2187,275
Monte Colombine2,2157,265
Monte Bondone2,1607,084
Monte Tofino2,1517,057
Monte Altissimo2,1276,976
Dosso Alto2,0656,773
Monte Muffetto2,0606,756
Monte Caplone1,9776,550
Monte Tombea1,9766,481
Monte Tremalzo1,9756,478
Monte Guglielmo1,9576,419
Monte Pizzocolo1,5825,189
Monte Manos1,5174,976
Monte Stino1,4664,808
Monte Vesta1,4004,592
Corna Trentapassi 1,248 4,094

See also

References

  1. ↑ VV. AA. (1999). Lombardia : esclusa Milano (in Italian). Touring Club Italiano. p. 37.
  2. 1 2 Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
  3. ↑ Also referred as Catena Bresciana Occidentale.
  4. ↑ Also referred as Catena Bresciana Orientale.

Maps

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