Geography of Campania
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The geography of Campania illustrates the geographical characteristics of Campania, a region of Italy.
General data[]
From the gulfs of Gaeta, Naples, and Salerno to the most notable elevations of the , Campania extends over a morphologically very varied territory. To the north it borders Lazio and Molise; to the east, Apulia and Basilicata, which it also borders to the south; to the west the Tyrrhenian Sea.[1]
Areas[]
From a physical point of view, the Campania region can be divided into two areas: one mountainous and one flat:[2]
- The mountainous area includes the , formed by a series of elevations, acrocores and plateaus (of Sannio, of Irpinia and of Cilento), between which open numerous and easy passes (the most important is the ) and there flows the river Calore Irpino (left tributary of the Volturno) with its tributaries: Ufita ( in the center of the ), Tammaro and Sabato.[3]
- The flat area is not a single surface, but is divided into many plains divided by many reliefs of the antiappennine; that is from the volcanic relief of Roccamonfina, of the Campi Flegrei, from Vesuvius and from the chain of Monti Lattari (which constitutes the Sorrento peninsula).[2]
Therefore the flat area is divided into the plains: of Sessa Aurunca,[4] bathed by the river Garigliano;[5] of Capua the widest, crossed by the river Volturno; of Naples, which surrounds Vesuvius, one of the main Italian volcanoes; the countryside nocerino - sarnese close to the Lattari Mountains; of Paestum which opens onto the Gulf of Salerno and is bathed by the rivers Sele, Calore Lucano and Tanagro; of Alento which occupies a narrow portion between Monte Stella[6] and Monte Gelbison.[7]
Coasts and rivers[]
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The coasts of Campania are high and jagged and low and sandy in the plains. The main rivers are: the Volturno, which bathes Capua and flows into the Gulf of Gaeta; the Sele, which flows into the Gulf of Salerno; the Garigliano, which flows along the border with Lazio and flows into the Gulf of Gaeta; and the Ofanto, which originates in Irpinia and flows into the Adriatic Sea.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Campania, Scheda Regione - Global Geografia". www.globalgeografia.com. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ a b "Campania". www.schededigeografia.net. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "Delibera della Giunta Regionale n. 175" (PDF). ministroperilsud.gov.it. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "Dossier del Sistema Locale di SESSA AURUNCA, Provincia di Caserta" (PDF). reterurale.it. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "LA CAMPANIA" (PDF). icnova.edu.it. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "TRAVERSATA MONTE STELLA - Outdoor Campania - associazione di turismo escursionistico e ambientale". www.outdoorcampania.it. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "Natura Italia - Area Naturale". www.naturaitalia.it. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
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