Apennines summary

Explore the physical features of the Apennines Mountain range

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Apennines: Gran Sasso d'Italia
Gran Sasso d'Italia, a peak in the Apennines.

Apennines, Mountain range, central Italy. It stretches some 870 mi (1,400 km) from near Savona in the northwest to Reggio di Calabria in the south, its width varying from 25 to 125 mi (40–200 km). Monte Corno is its highest peak, at 9,554 ft (2,912 m). The range is the source of most of Italy’s rivers, including the Arno, Tiber, and Volturno.

Abruzzi Summary

Abruzzi, regione, central Italy, fronting the Adriatic Sea and comprising the provincie of L’Aquila, Chieti, Pescara, and Teramo. Most of the region is mountainous or hilly, except for such intermontane basins as those of L’Aquila, Sulmona, and Fucino. The Apennines, the dominant physical feature,

Campania Summary

Campania, regione, southern Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea between the Garigliano (Lower Liri) River (north) and the Gulf of Policastro (south). The region comprises the provinces of Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Napoli, and Salerno. Campania is mountainous and hilly, the Neapolitan Apennines in the

Emilia-Romagna Summary

Emilia-Romagna, regione, north-central Italy. It comprises the provincie of Bologna, Ferrara, Forlì, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio nell’Emilia, and Rimini. The region extends from the Adriatic Sea (east) almost across the peninsula between the Po River (north) and the Ligurian and Tuscan

Calabria: village in the Aspromonte massif

Calabria Summary

Calabria, regione, southern Italy, composed of the province of Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio di Calabria, and Vibo Valentia. Sometimes referred to as the “toe” of the Italian “boot,” Calabria is a peninsula of irregular shape, jutting out in a northeast-southwest direction from the main body