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Mountain range in the French Prealps From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Digne Prealps (French: Préalpes de Digne) are a massif in the southern part of the French Prealps located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
| Digne Prealps | |
|---|---|
 The snowy Prealps behind the commune of Digne-les-Bains | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,115 m (6,939 ft) |
| Parent peak | Les Monges |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Préalpes de Digne (French) |
| Geography | |
 | |
| Country |  France |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Parent range | Provence Prealps |
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The massif extends around Digne-les-Bains, between the Durance river and Serre-Ponçon lake to the north, and the Verdon gorge to the south.[1] It is bordered by the communes of Sisteron, Gréoux-les-Bains and Castellane.
It is surrounded to the northwest by the Bochaine, to the northeast by Massif des Trois-Évêchés, to the south-east by the Castellane Prealps and finally to the west by the Vaucluse mountains and the Baronnies Massif.
These ranges are identified by geologists by the Digne nappes, on the edge of the Trois-Évêchés massif, extending to Gap,[2] whose characteristic outcrops are gypsum. It gradually leads to the Provençal limestone domain, towards the west and south, particularly towards the Valensole plateau.
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