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Pizzo Arera

Mountain in Italy

Summary

Mountain in Italy

Field	Value
name	Pizzo Arera
photo	Pizzo Arera dal Grem.JPG
photo_caption	Pizzo Arera in winter as seen from Mount Grem
elevation_m	2,512
prominence_m	691
prominence_ref
range	Bergamasque Prealps
location	Bergamo, Italy
map	Alps
coordinates

Pizzo Arera is a mountain of the Bergamasque Prealps of northern Italy. Its peak is 2512 m above sea level.

Geography

It is part of the ridge that divides Val Seriana from Val Brembana. The town of Roncobello is nearby. Fossils can be found on some ridges. It is the largest in a group of four mountains that surround Zambla Alta. The residents of the area around the mountain are often bilingual, speaking Italian and Bergamasque.

SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:{{cite book

main part = Eastern Alps
major sector = Southern Limestone Alps
section = Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
subsection = Bergamasque Prealps
supergroup = Prealpi Bergamasche Centrali
group = Gruppo Arera-Menna
subgroup = Gruppo dell'Arera
code = II/C-29.II-B.5.a

Geology

Arera is composed mainly of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, most of them limestones.

Flora

Alpine regions have a high rate of endemism and a high diversity of plant species. This taxonomic diversity can be attributed to geographical isolation, glaciation, microhabitat differentiation.

Galium montis-arerae, the Pizzo Arera bedstraw, is a rare plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is named after the mountain, locus classicus where it was first described.

References

"Pizzo Arera - peakbagger". peakbagger.com.
(1957). "Galium montis-arerae, eine neue Sippe der Bergamasker Alpen". Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift.

Wikipedia Source

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