Italy is renowned for its many rugged islands, most volcanic in origin. The Amalfi Coast south of Naples and the Cinque Terra to the north of Pisa offers some of the most spectacular coastal scenery imaginable as steep rocky slopes rush down to the sea, and tiny villages with colourful houses pack much of the cliffs. The coastline of the country features numerous large and small bays, as well as gulfs. These mountains consist of several chains, and they form the peninsula's watershed, as several rivers rise in the upper elevations, including the Arno and the Tiber.Ībout 30% of Italy's land area consists of plains with some low, marshy areas, especially along the Adriatic Sea, from Ancona north to Venice. Rising in the Alps, the Po River is Italy's longest, and the valley it dissects is the country's most fertile farmland.Īs observed on the map above, the Apennine Mountains (a range of the Alps) from the Italian peninsula's backbone extend south through Italy, then directly beneath the narrow Strait of Messina to cover much of Sicily. The beautiful and rugged Lake District of northern Italy includes many mountain lakes, with the major ones being Como, Garda and MaggioreThe Po River Valley is positioned directly south of the Alps and runs from Turin to Venice. A yellow triangle marks its position on the map above. Italy's highest point near the summit of Mont Blanc (or Monte Bianco), a mountain it shares with France, rises to 4,748 m. Varied ranges of the Alps dominate the country's northern reaches, a massive stretch of mountains that extends from France to Austria and then south along the Adriatic Sea. This extension of land has forced the creation of individual water bodies, namely the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Ligurian Sea, and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ![]() ![]() Italy is a sovereign nation occupying 301,340 km2(116,350 sq mi) in southern Europe.Īs observed on Italy's physical map, mainland Italy extends southward into the Mediterranean Sea as a large boot-shaped peninsula.
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