Ligurian Alps

The Ligurian Alps form the southwestern end of the Alpine chain, between the Piedmontese plain and the Ligurian coast. The Colle di Cadibona separates them from the Apennines, while the Col de Tende and the Vermenagna valley mark the boundary with the Maritime Alps. Their ridges stand between rivers flowing north toward the Po and the shorter valleys descending south to the sea.