Monte Prelà is a mountain in
Liguria
Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...
, northern
Italy
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, part of the
Ligurian Apennines
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...
.
Geography
The mountain is located in the ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' of
Torriglia
Torriglia ( lij, Torriggia) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located in the upper Trebbia valley, about northeast of Genoa.
Torriglia borders the following municipalities: Davagna, ...
,
province of Genoa
The Province of Genoa ( Italian ''Provincia di Genova'') was a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Genoa. It was replaced by Metropolitan City of Genoa.
Overview
It has an area of and a total population of about ...
, south of
Monte Antola.
The sources of the
Trebbia
The Trebbia (stressed ''Trèbbia''; la, Trebia) is a river predominantly of Liguria and Emilia Romagna in northern Italy. It is one of the four main right-bank tributaries of the river Po, the other three being the Tanaro, the Secchia and the P ...
and
Scrivia
The Scrivia, long, is a right tributary of the river Po, in northern Italy. It runs through Liguria, Piedmont, and Lombardy.
Main tributaries
* left hand:
** torrente Laccio;
** torrente Busalletta;
** torrente Traversa;
** rio San Rocco;
* ...
rivers, right affluents of the
Po, are located at Monte Prelà.
Conservation
The mountain since 1989 is included in the
Parco naturale regionale dell'Antola.
[''Parco naturale regionael dell'Antola', pdf text on]
www.altaviadeimontiliguri.it
References
Prela
Prela
Prela
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