Editing Cottian Alps (section)

== Geography ==
Administratively the range is divided between the [[Provinces of Italy|Italian province]] of [[Province of Cuneo|Cuneo]] and the [[Metropolitan City of Turin]] (the eastern slopes), and the [[Departments of France|French departments]] of [[Savoie]], [[Hautes-Alpes]], and [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] (the western slopes).

The Cottian Alps are drained by the rivers [[Durance]] and [[Arc (Savoie)|Arc]] and their tributaries on the French side; and by the [[Dora Riparia]] and other tributaries of the [[Po River|Po]] on the Italian side.

=== Borders ===
The borders of the Cottian Alps are (clockwise):
* the [[Maddalena Pass]] to the south, which connects the Cottian Alps with the [[Maritime Alps]];
* the Ubayette Valley, the [[Ubaye]] Valley, the [[Serre-Ponçon Lake]], the high [[Durance]] Valley, and the Guisane Valley to the southwest;
* the [[Col du Galibier]] to the west, which connects the Cottian Alps with the [[Dauphiné Alps]];
* the Valloirette Valley, the [[Maurienne]] Valley, and the Chardoux Creek to the northwest;
* the [[Mont Cenis]] Pass to the north, which connects the Cottian Alps with the [[Graian Alps]];
* Mont Cenis Lake, the [[Cenischia]] Valley, the [[Dora Riparia]] Valley, the [[Po Plain]], and the [[Varaita]] Valley to the east.