Pizzo Arera

Pizzo Arera
Pizzo Arera in winter as seen from Mount Grem
Highest point
Elevation	2,512 m (8,241 ft)
Prominence	691 m (2,267 ft)[1]
Coordinates	45°56′09″N 9°48′54″E / 45.935700°N 9.814947°E / 45.935700; 9.814947Coordinates: 45°56′09″N 9°48′54″E / 45.935700°N 9.814947°E / 45.935700; 9.814947
Geography
Pizzo Arera Bergamo, Italy
Parent range	Bergamasque Prealps

Pizzo Arera is a mountain of the Bergamasque Prealps of northern Italy. Its peak is 2,512 metres (8,241 ft) 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:^[2]

• 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.^[3] It is named after the mountain, locus classicus where it was first described.

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