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Landforms of Italy by region (28 C) * Lists of landforms of Italy (10 P) A. Archipelagoes of Italy (3 C, 14 P) B. Beaches of Italy (1 C, 7 P) Bodies of water of Italy ...
Pages in category "Lists of landforms of Italy" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Mountain ranges of Italy by region (5 C) Mountains of Italy by region (20 C) ... Landforms of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (4 C, 6 P) Landforms of Tuscany (7 C, 2 P) U.
The coastal development of the Italian peninsula and islands is vast; about 8,000 kilometres (5,000 mi), [7] [8] which is much larger than that of the Iberian peninsula, but much less than that of the Balkans. Italy has a prevalence of hilly areas (41.6% of the territory) compared to mountainous areas (35.2% of the territory), or flat areas (23 ...
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]
The Italian geographic region, Italian physical region or Italian region is a geographical region [1] of Southern Europe delimited to the north by the mountain chains of the Alps. This subregion is composed of a peninsular and continental part and an insular part .
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 Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain (Italian: Pianura Padana [pjaˈnuːra paˈdaːna] or Val Padana) is a major geographical feature of northern Italy. It extends approximately 650 km (400 mi) in an east-west direction, with an area of 46,000 km 2 (18,000 square miles) including its Venetic extension not actually related to ...