Pizzo Arera is a mountain of the Bergamasque Prealps of northern Italy . Its peak is 2,512 metres (8,241 ft) above sea level.
3-518: 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 . According to the SOIUSA ( International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of
6-611: Is a rare plant species in the Rubiaceae . It is named after the mountain, locus classicus where it was first described. Val Seriana The Serio ( Lombard : Sère ) is an Italian river that flows entirely within Lombardy , crossing the provinces of Bergamo and Cremona . It is 124 kilometres (77 mi) long and flows into the Adda at Bocca di Serio south of Crema . Similar to all Lombardian rivers, it forms part of
9-524: The Alps ) the mountain can be classified in the following way: Arera is composed mainly of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks , most of them limestones . 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,
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