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Digne Prealps
The snowy Prealps behind the commune of Digne-les-Bains
Highestย point
Elevation2,115ย m (6,939ย ft)
Parent peakLes Monges
Naming
Native namePrรฉalpes de Digneย (French)
Geography
Map
Country
 France
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Provence-Alpes-Cรดte d'Azur
Parent rangeProvence Prealps

The Digne Prealps (French: Prรฉalpes de Digne) are a massif in the southern part of the French Prealps located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Geography

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The Digne Prealps in the middle of the Provence Alps and Prealps section (as per SOIUSA)

Location

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The massif extends around Digne-les-Bains, between the Durance river and Serre-Ponรงon lake to the north, and the Verdon gorge to the south.[1] It is bordered by the communes of Sisteron, Grรฉoux-les-Bains and Castellane.

It is surrounded to the northwest by the Bochaine, to the northeast by Massif des Trois-ร‰vรชchรฉs, to the south-east by the Castellane Prealps and finally to the west by the Vaucluse mountains and the Baronnies Massif.

Main summits

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  • Les Monges, 2,115 m,
  • Clot Ginoux (or Les Cimettes), 2,112 m
  • l'Oratoire, 2,071 m
  • Tรชte Grosse, 2,032 m
  • Laupie (ou Tourtoureau), 2,025 m
  • Clos de Bouc, 1,962 m
  • Montagne de Chine, 1,952 m
  • Mourre de Chanier, 1,930 m
  • Marzenc, 1,930 m
  • Sommet de Nibles, 1,909 m
  • Mont Chiran, 1,905 m
  • Grande Cloche de Barles, 1,887 m
  • Montagne de Jouere, 1,886 m
  • Chanau, 1,885 m
  • Gรฉruen Ridge, 1,880 m
  • Grande Gautiere, 1,825 m

Geology

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These ranges are identified by geologists by the Digne nappes, on the edge of the Trois-ร‰vรชchรฉs massif, extending to Gap,[2] whose characteristic outcrops are gypsum. It gradually leads to the Provenรงal limestone domain, towards the west and south, particularly towards the Valensole plateau.

References

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  1. ^ Douguedroit, Annick (1976-01-01). Les paysages forestiers de Haute-Provence et des Alpes-Maritimes: Gรฉographie, รฉcologie, histoire (in French). FeniXX. p.ย 125. ISBNย 978-2-7449-1870-4.
  2. ^ Comptes rendus des sรฉances de l'Acadรฉmie des sciences: Sciences naturelles (in French). Ganthier-Villars. 1979. p.ย 47.

๐Ÿ“š Artikel Terkait di Wikipedia

Digne-les-Bains

Dignois (masculine) and Dignoises (feminine). Located on the edge of the Digne Prealps and on both sides of the river Blรฉone, which flows southwest through

French Prealps

The French Prealps (French: Prรฉalpes franรงaises [pสealp fสษ‘ฬƒsษ›หz]) are a group of subalpine mountain ranges of medium elevation located immediately west

French Alps

Provence Prealps Bochaine Mont Cรฉรผse 2,016 metres (6,614ย ft) Provence Prealps Digne Prealps Les Monges 2,115 metres (6,939ย ft) Provence Prealps Baronnies

County of Provence

the east but are harsher in the north and northeast (Pelat, Ubaye, Digne Prealps), where the climate becomes alpine. In its central and Mediterranean

Castellane Prealps

of the Digne Prealps, the Trois-ร‰vรชchรฉs massif, the Pelat Massif and the Mercantour-Argentera massif, as well as to the west of the Nice Prealps. Puy de

Massif des Trois-ร‰vรชchรฉs

of the Three Bishoprics') is a mountain range in the Provence Alps and Prealps in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. Its name comes from the central summit

Partizione delle Alpi

Provence Alps also include the "Prealps of Digne" (Prรฉalpes de Digne), that were placed under Prealpi di Provenza (Provence Prealps, French: Prรฉalpes de Provence)

Dalle ร  ammonites

ammonites was created during the Alpine orogeny. The Dignes-les-Bains area is located in the French Prealps, in the Dauphinois geological facies. It bears the