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(Redirected from Préalpes de Digne) Mountain range in the French Prealps
Digne Prealps
The snowy Prealps behind the commune of Digne-les-Bains
Highest point
Elevation2,115 m (6,939 ft)
Parent peakLes Monges
Naming
Native namePréalpes de Digne (French)
Geography
Country France
DepartmentAlpes-de-Haute-Provence
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Parent rangeProvence Prealps

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

Geography

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

Location

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

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

Main summits

  • Les Monges, 2,115 m,
  • Clot Ginoux (or Les Cimettes), 2,112 m
  • l'Oratoire, 2,071 m
  • Tête 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
  • Géruen Ridge, 1,880 m
  • Grande Gautiere, 1,825 m

Geology

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

References

  1. Douguedroit, Annick (1976-01-01). Les paysages forestiers de Haute-Provence et des Alpes-Maritimes: Géographie, écologie, histoire (in French). FeniXX. p. 125. ISBN 978-2-7449-1870-4.
  2. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des sciences: Sciences naturelles (in French). Ganthier-Villars. 1979. p. 47.
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