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Monte Grappa (1,775 m) is a mountain of the Venetian Prealps in Veneto, Italy. It lies between the Venetian plain to the south and the central alpine areas to the North. To the west, it is parted from the Asiago upland by the Brenta river, and to the east it is separated from the Cesen-Visentin massif by the Piave river. To the north lie Corlo lake and Feltre valley. In the past, the mountain was called ''Alpe Madre'' (''Mother Alp''), and is currently divided among three provinces: Vicenza to the west, Treviso to the south and Belluno to the northeast. It is the highest peak of a small massif, which also includes many other peaks such as Col Moschin, Colle della Berretta, Monte Asolone, Monte Pertica, Prassolan, Monti Solaroli, Fontana Secca, Monte Peurna, Monte Santo, Monte Tomatico, Meatte, Monte Pallon and Monte Tomba. ==Geomorphology== The Grappa Massif was formed almost ten million years ago. It was created by the collision between the African and European lithospheric plates. Over the millennia, these sediments have been interested by a cementification and then they were lifted up by pressures that caused the Alpine mountain range to rise. Nowadays, the main types of rocks found on the Grappa are: * The ''Grey Limestones'': the oldest formation, comprising the biggest part of the massif: it is found on the cliff faces. Its calcareous composition has caused such an expanded karst phenomenon that brought to light a lot of caves full of stalactites, deep wells and caves; * the ''Rosso Ammonitico'': with its calcareous origin, it forms the “cities of stone” situated in the Poise and Meda Valleys; * the ''Biancone'': a calcareous rock which is found on the summit and around the villages of Borso and Semonzo; * the ''Red Flake'': a clayish limestone that is also the raw material used to make cement. Furthermore, over the centuries, different external atmospheric pressures have modified the morphological structure of the Grappa massif. * the ''glaciers'', which are responsible for the high valleys of the Brenta and Piave rivers. They also caused the formation of the glacial cirques near the summit. * the ''creeks'', which have been caused by erosion from rainwater. * The ''karst phenomenon'', that is really extensive in the Massif. There are a lot of caves and wells, sinkholes and swallow holes, the absence of streams and sources at high altitudes and the "cities of stone". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monte Grappa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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