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The geology of Italy includes mountain ranges such as the Alps and the Apennines formed from the uplift of igneous and primarily marine sedimentary rocks all formed since the Paleozoic. [1] Some active volcanoes are located in Insular Italy .
The pyramids of Ritten, the most famous in South Tyrol, towards Mittelberg As seen from the west with Nicholas chapel and Dolomites Pyramids in Autumn, as seen from Nicholas chapel. The earth pyramids in South Tyrol are a special natural phenomenon that comes about in particular terrain, usually after a landslide or an unhinging of the earth.
Italian rivers are categorized into two main groups: the Alpine-Po river rivers and the Apennine-island rivers. [24] The longest Italian river is the Po (652 km or 405 mi), which flows from the Monviso, runs through the entire Po Valley from west to east, and then flows, with a delta, into the Adriatic Sea. In addition to being the longest, it ...
Forget Italy’s most famous active volcano, Mt. Vesuvius, which destroyed Pompei in 79 AD. The most dangerous volcanic threat in Italy right now is one you’ve probably never heard of: Campi ...
National and regional parks in Italy. The national parks of Italy are protected natural areas terrestrial, marine, fluvial or lacustrine, which contain one or more intact ecosystems (or only partially altered by anthropic interventions) and/or one or more physical, geological, geomorphological, biological formations of national and international interest, for naturalistic, scientific, cultural ...
Twenty-five Italian sites were added during the 1990s, including 10 sites added at the 21st session held in Naples in 1997. Italy has served as a member of the World Heritage Committee five times, 1978–1985, 1987–1993, 1993–1999, 1999–2001, and 2021–2025. [3] Out of Italy's 60 heritage sites, 54 are cultural and 6 are natural. [3]
A new study looked at unique natural wonders in some of the most extraordinary places on the planet to rank 10 that are “actually worth a visit.” ... Top 10 best natural wonders of the world 1 ...
Italy is in the Palearctic realm Ecoregions are listed by biome. Temperate coniferous forests. Alps conifer and mixed forests; Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. Po Basin mixed forests; Apennine deciduous montane forests; Dinaric Mountains mixed forests; Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub. Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous ...