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The Maritime Alps are a mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 in the south-western part of the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
. They form the border between the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 département Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes is a departments of France in the extreme southeast corner of France....
 and the Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 province of Cuneo
Province of Cuneo

Cuneo is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the France R?gion in France of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur ....
. The Col de Tende
Col de Tende

Col de Tende It separates the Maritime Alps from the Ligurian Alps. It connects Nice and Tende in Alpes-Maritimes with Cuneo in Piedmont.A railway tunnel inaugurated in 1898 and a road tunnel inaugurated in 1882 run under the pass....
 separates them from the Ligurian Alps
Ligurian Alps

The Ligurian Alps are a mountain range in northwestern Italy. They form the south-western extremity of the Alps, separated from the Apennine Mountains by the Colle di Cadibona....
; the Maddalena Pass
Maddalena Pass

The Maddalena Pass is a high mountain pass between the Cottian Alps and the Maritime Alps, located on the border between Italy and France. It connects Barcelonnette in France with Cuneo in Italy....
 separates them from the Cottian Alps
Cottian Alps

The Cottian Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between France and Italy . The Maddalena Pass separates them from the Maritime Alps; the Col du Mont Cenis separates them from the Graian Alps; the Col du Galibier separates them from the Dauphin? Alps....
. The Mercantour National Park
Mercantour National Park

Mercantour National Park is one of the seven national parks of France. Since it was created in 1979, the Mercantour Park has proven popular, with 800,000 visitors every year enjoying the 600 km of marked footpaths and visiting its villages....
 is part of the Maritime Alps.

The Maritime Alps are drained by the rivers Roya
RoYa

RoYa is an instant messaging robot server. This software provides automatic response to IM questions in an interactive fashion as a human would respond would interact with IM users....
, Var
Var River

The Var is a river located in the southeast of France. The name Var originates from the Ligurian language word for waterway.The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes d?partement in France for most of its length, with a short stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence d?partement....
 and Verdon
Verdon River

The Verdon is a 166 km long river in south-eastern France, left tributary of the Durance. Its source is at an altitude of ?2400 m, in the south-western Alps , near the col d'Allos, in the Trois Eveches mountain range, south of Barcelonnette....
 and their tributaries on the French side; by the Stura di Demonte
Stura di Demonte

Stura di Demonte is a 111 km long river in north-western Italy . It is a tributary to the river Tanaro River, which is a tributary of the river Po River....
 and other tributaries of the Tanaro
Tanaro River

The Tanaro , known as Tanarus in ancient times, is a 276 Kilometre-long river in north-western Italy. It rises in the Ligurian Alps, close to the border with France and is the most significant right-side tributary to the Po River in terms of length, size of drainage basin and Discharge ....
 and Po
Po River

The Po is a river that flows 652 km eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 71,000 km? and is the longest river in Italy....
 on the Italian side.








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Maritime Alps
The Maritime Alps are a mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 in the south-western part of the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
. They form the border between the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 département Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes is a departments of France in the extreme southeast corner of France....
 and the Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 province of Cuneo
Province of Cuneo

Cuneo is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the France R?gion in France of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur ....
. The Col de Tende
Col de Tende

Col de Tende It separates the Maritime Alps from the Ligurian Alps. It connects Nice and Tende in Alpes-Maritimes with Cuneo in Piedmont.A railway tunnel inaugurated in 1898 and a road tunnel inaugurated in 1882 run under the pass....
 separates them from the Ligurian Alps
Ligurian Alps

The Ligurian Alps are a mountain range in northwestern Italy. They form the south-western extremity of the Alps, separated from the Apennine Mountains by the Colle di Cadibona....
; the Maddalena Pass
Maddalena Pass

The Maddalena Pass is a high mountain pass between the Cottian Alps and the Maritime Alps, located on the border between Italy and France. It connects Barcelonnette in France with Cuneo in Italy....
 separates them from the Cottian Alps
Cottian Alps

The Cottian Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between France and Italy . The Maddalena Pass separates them from the Maritime Alps; the Col du Mont Cenis separates them from the Graian Alps; the Col du Galibier separates them from the Dauphin? Alps....
. The Mercantour National Park
Mercantour National Park

Mercantour National Park is one of the seven national parks of France. Since it was created in 1979, the Mercantour Park has proven popular, with 800,000 visitors every year enjoying the 600 km of marked footpaths and visiting its villages....
 is part of the Maritime Alps.

The Maritime Alps are drained by the rivers Roya
RoYa

RoYa is an instant messaging robot server. This software provides automatic response to IM questions in an interactive fashion as a human would respond would interact with IM users....
, Var
Var River

The Var is a river located in the southeast of France. The name Var originates from the Ligurian language word for waterway.The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes d?partement in France for most of its length, with a short stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence d?partement....
 and Verdon
Verdon River

The Verdon is a 166 km long river in south-eastern France, left tributary of the Durance. Its source is at an altitude of ?2400 m, in the south-western Alps , near the col d'Allos, in the Trois Eveches mountain range, south of Barcelonnette....
 and their tributaries on the French side; by the Stura di Demonte
Stura di Demonte

Stura di Demonte is a 111 km long river in north-western Italy . It is a tributary to the river Tanaro River, which is a tributary of the river Po River....
 and other tributaries of the Tanaro
Tanaro River

The Tanaro , known as Tanarus in ancient times, is a 276 Kilometre-long river in north-western Italy. It rises in the Ligurian Alps, close to the border with France and is the most significant right-side tributary to the Po River in terms of length, size of drainage basin and Discharge ....
 and Po
Po River

The Po is a river that flows 652 km eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 71,000 km? and is the longest river in Italy....
 on the Italian side.

Peaks

The chief peaks of the Maritime Alps are:
Punta dell'Argentera 3290 m(10,794 ft)
Mont Ténibre 3032 m(9948 ft)
Cime du Gélas 3135 m(10,286 ft)
Cime de l'Enchastraye 2955 m(9695 ft)
Monte Matto 3087 m(10,128 ft)
Mont Bégo
Mont Bégo

Mont B?go is a mountain in the Mercantour massif of the Maritime Alps, in southern France, with an altitude of 2,872 m. It is included in the so-called vall?e des Merveilles ....
2873 m(9426 ft)
Mont Pelat 3053 m(10,017 ft)
Mont Mounier 2818 m(9246 ft)
Mont Clapier 3046 m(9994 ft)
Roche de l'Abisse 2755 m(9039 ft)


Passes

The chief passes
Mountain pass

In a range of hills, or especially of mountain range, a pass is a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. If following the lowest possible route through a mountain range, a pass is locally the highest point on that route....
 of the Maritime Alps are:
namelocationtypeelevation (m/ft)
Col de la Bonette
Col de la Bonette

Col de la Bonette is a high mountain pass in the France Alps, near the border with Italy. It is situated within the Mercantour National Park on the border of the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence....
 
Tinée Valley to Barcelonnette
Barcelonnette

Barcelonnette is a communes of France in the Ubaye Valley, in the southern French Alps, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France....
road, minor loop off Col de Restefond
Col de Restefond

Col de Restefond is a high mountain pass in the France Alps, near the border with Italy. It is situated on the flanks of le Restefonde within the Mercantour National Park in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence....
2802
Col de Restefond
Col de Restefond

Col de Restefond is a high mountain pass in the France Alps, near the border with Italy. It is situated on the flanks of le Restefonde within the Mercantour National Park in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence....
 
Col de la Bonette
Col de la Bonette

Col de la Bonette is a high mountain pass in the France Alps, near the border with Italy. It is situated within the Mercantour National Park on the border of the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence....
 to Barcelonnette
Barcelonnette

Barcelonnette is a communes of France in the Ubaye Valley, in the southern French Alps, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France....
road 2680
Bassa di Druos Tinée Valley to Terme di Valdieri bridle path 2630/8629
Colle di Ciriegia Saint-Martin-Vésubie
Saint-Martin-Vésubie

Saint-Martin-V?subie is a Communes of France of the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in southeastern France.Established on the edge of a glacial plate, San Martin first appears in recorded history in the XIII century, although there are archaeological remnants of a Romanized indigenous population dating back to the first century....
 to Terme di Valdieri
bridle path 2551/8370
Col des Granges CommunesSaint-Étienne-de-Tinée
Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée

Saint-?tienne-de-Tin?e is a Communes of France in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in southeastern France.It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860....
 to Barcelonnette
bridle path 2512/8242
Col de Pourriac Tinee Valley to Argentera
Argentera

Argentera is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 100 km southwest of Turin and about 50 km west of Cuneo, on the border with France....
foot path 2506/8222
Colle di Guercia Tinee Valley to Vinadio
Vinadio

Vinadio is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 100 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km southwest of Cuneo, on the border with France....
foot path 2451/8042
Col de la Lombarde
Col de la Lombarde

Col de la Lombarde is a high mountain pass above the ski resport of Isola 2000 on the border between France and Italy....
 
Isola
Isola, Alpes-Maritimes

Isola is a commune in France of the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in southeastern France.It is the service town for the Alps ski resort of Isola 2000, which is located on the territory of the commune....
 to Vinadio
road 2350
Col de la Cayolle
Col de la Cayolle

Col de la Cayolle is a high mountain pass in the French Alps atthe border between the departments of France of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France....
 
Var River
Var River

The Var is a river located in the southeast of France. The name Var originates from the Ligurian language word for waterway.The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes d?partement in France for most of its length, with a short stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence d?partement....
 valley to Barcelonnette
road 2327/7717
Col du Sabion Tende
Tende

Tende is a Communes of France in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in southeastern France....
 to Valdieri
Valdieri

Valdieri is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 90 km southwest of Turin and about 15 km southwest of Cuneo, on the border with France....
bridle path 2264/7428
Col d'Allos
Col d'Allos

Col d'Allos is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France.It connects Barcelonnette in the Ubaye Valley and Colmars and goes on to the Col des Champs....
 
Verdon River
Verdon River

The Verdon is a 166 km long river in south-eastern France, left tributary of the Durance. Its source is at an altitude of ?2400 m, in the south-western Alps , near the col d'Allos, in the Trois Eveches mountain range, south of Barcelonnette....
 valley to Barcelonnette
road 2250/7382
Maddalena Pass
Maddalena Pass

The Maddalena Pass is a high mountain pass between the Cottian Alps and the Maritime Alps, located on the border between Italy and France. It connects Barcelonnette in France with Cuneo in Italy....
 
Barcelonnette to Cuneo
Cuneo

Cuneo is a city in Piedmont, northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy?s provinces by area. It is located at the foot of the Maritime Alps, on the Stura di Demonte river where it emerges from the Valle Stura, and neighbours the comuni of Boves, Cervasca, Vignolo, Beinette, Peveragno, Castelletto Stura,...
road 1995/6545
Col de Tende
Col de Tende

Col de Tende It separates the Maritime Alps from the Ligurian Alps. It connects Nice and Tende in Alpes-Maritimes with Cuneo in Piedmont.A railway tunnel inaugurated in 1898 and a road tunnel inaugurated in 1882 run under the pass....
 
Tende to Cuneo
Cuneo

Cuneo is a city in Piedmont, northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy?s provinces by area. It is located at the foot of the Maritime Alps, on the Stura di Demonte river where it emerges from the Valle Stura, and neighbours the comuni of Boves, Cervasca, Vignolo, Beinette, Peveragno, Castelletto Stura,...
road, road tunnel
railway tunnel
1873/6145
Col de Turini
Col de Turini

Col de Turini is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in France. It lies near near Sospel in the Arrondissement of Nice....
 
Vésubie
Vésubie

The V?subie is a river located in the southeast of France. It is a left tributary of the Var River in the Maritime Alps. The source is in the Mercantour National park near the border with Italy....
 river valley to Sospel
Sospel

Sospel is a Communes of France in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in southeastern France near the Italy border and not far from Monte Carlo....
road 1607