Well, it is time for us to know about the geographic location
of Italy..
Italy is located in the southern europe and comprises, the
long, boot-shaped Italian peninsula, the southern side of alps, the large plain
of po valley and some islands including sicily and sardine. corsica , although
belonging to the geographical region
has been a part of france.
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Its total are is 301,340km of which 294140 km is land and
7200km is water. italy also borders with switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, san
marino and Vatican city.
Mountains
and plains..
Almost 40% of the Italian territory is mountainous with alps
as the northern boundary and the
Apennine mountains forming the backbone of the peninsula and extending for
1350km.in between the two lies a large plain in the valley of the po, the
largest river in Italy , which flows 652km eastward from cottian alps to the
Adriatic . the po valley is the largest plain in Italy, with 46,000km2 and it
represents over 70% of the total plain area in country. worldwide known
mountains in Italy are matterhorn, monte rosa , gran paeadiso in the west alps,
and berinina, stelvio and dolomites.
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Volcanoes
Volcanoes
Many elements of the Italian territory are of volcanic
origin.most of the small islands and archipelagos in the south like capraia,ponza,
Ischia, eolie, ustica etc.
Rivers and seas
Most of italy’s rivers drain either into the aediatic sea
{like po, piave, adige, bretna, tagliamento, reno} though the waters from some
border municipalities in drain into the
black sea through the basin of the dava.
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Lakes..
In the north of the country are a number of subalpine
moraine-dammed lakes, the largest of which is garda , other well known of these
subalpine lakes are lake maggiaore whose most northerly section is part of
Switzerland.
Islands
Italy includes several islands..the largest are sicily
25,708km and Sardinia 24,090km . the third largest island is elba, the largest
island of the Tuscan archipelago.
Land use-
Artificial (urban, industrial):4.9%
Agricultural:52.2%
Wood :41.4%
Wetlamds:0.4%
Waters (lakes etc):1.1%
Irrigated land: 39,510km
Total renewable water resources:191.3 km
Climate
The climate is as humid continental or temperate. The coastal
and most of the peninsula areas can be very different from the interiors higher
ground and valleys , particularly during the winter months when the higher
altitudes tend to be cold wet, and often snowy.
The
north and south areas can have a considerable difference in
temperature.
The east
coast of the peninsula is not as wet as the west coast but it has usually
colder in the winter.
The
north east coast mainly from ravenna to venice the snow falls
more rarely.
The
ardiatic coast has a milder wind which makes snow turn to rain. The city of Trieste may see snow
falls with north eastern winds during the cold winters.
Hence it is evident that
Italy is not only best in its culture but also has the perfect
geographical outlay..which makes its even more special.
BY
Raghavi Naidu
First thing's first, great article Raghavi!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting how the climate is different across the two corners of the country!
But just from these picture, we can see how well the mountains, the rivers and seas, the lakes and even the volcanoes complement the country. It's a beautiful country!
The most unique thing about Italy i'd say is that it happens to be shaped like a book. It makes me wonder how it got to become that shape or if it was originally like that.
indeed a detailed analysis about the geographical aspect of Italy its a part of a boot shaped peninsula which looks marvelous from great heights adding to that its always been a fascination to see mont blanc mountains from the scenic Aosta valley.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you have presented your article Raghavi. Every fact in here is quite intriguing for Italy, in spite of not being a very big country still has within itself mountains, plains, volcanic mountains and islands.
ReplyDeleteThe highest peak in Europe is in Italy. Monte Bianco (White Mountain) is 15,771 feet high and is part of the Alps which becomes fact #33 on *THE NERDY 101 FACTS ABOUT ITALY*.
Fact #34 is about a mountaineering school. Cortina d'Ampezzo has the oldest school of mountaineering in Italy for mountaineering is a famous sport there.
On another note Raghavi, I think you could have written a little more on the water bodies in the country. It would have been lovely to read a more on it.
Finally, Shreya, a minute correction on your comment. I think you have typed book by mistake instead of boot.
thank you guys for giving such a frank comment on my post..yes Ushoshi i will add more about the climatic features of Italy...i was quite interested to know about the geographical features ofI Italy..it really makes one to visit Italy ...Atleast we should visit Italy once in our life time....though Italy is a small country it has got best attributes that makes it a special country among others..its my pleasure to share information about the most wonderful country..
ReplyDeleteAs ushoshi said you could have typed more on climate, waterbodies and the fact that the alps are visible from the Acosta hill would have made your article better. I liked the way it was organized and structured concisely and i liked the pictures, Good work Rags!
ReplyDeleteAs ushoshi said you could have typed more on climate, waterbodies and the fact that the alps are visible from the Acosta hill would have made your article better. I liked the way it was organized and structured concisely and i liked the pictures, Good work Rags!
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