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Ligurian Alps

part of the Maritime Alps in Italy, rimming the Ligurian Sea. They extend for 80 km from Cadibona Pass in the east to the French border and consist of several ranges and massifs with altitudes of 1,300–1,700 m; at the French border elevations reach 2,651 m (Mount Marguareis). They are composed primarily of limestones and schists and descend sharply to the Ligurian Sea. At the foot of the Ligurian Alps is the western part of the Italian Riviera with Mediterranean landscapes. Oak, chestnut, beech, and pine forests are found at elevations above 300–500 m.

References in periodicals archive

We could hear down the hill the noise of the Tanaro River growing stronger, rushing down from the nearby Ligurian Alps to become the major affluent of the Po, the longest river in Italy.

The great Italian truffle hunt

The team, composed of Italian and German researchers, analyzed two deciduous teeth from the prehistoric sites of Riparo Bombrini in Western Ligurian Alps and Grotta di Fumane in Western Lessini Mountains, in northern Italy, Xinhua reported.

First teeth of anatomically modern humans detected in Italy

The Western Alps mark these borders, while to the south the Ligurian Alps and the Apennines separate Piedmont from Liguria.

Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d' Asota ("Minerals of Piedmont and the Aosta Valley, Italy")

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