Apennine Mountains - Geology

The Apennine Mountains (Greek: Απεννινος; Latin: Appenninus--in both cases used in the singular; Italian: Appennini) is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming, as it were, the backbone of the country. The name is probably derived from the Celtic pen, a mountain top: it originally belonged to the northern portion of the chain, from the Maritime Alps to Ancona; and Polybius is probably the first write ...

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• Apennine Mountains - Divisions
• Apennine Mountains - Northern Apennines
• Apennine Mountains - Central Apennines
• Apennine Mountains - Southern Apennines
• Apennine Mountains - Character
• Apennine Mountains - Geology
• Apennine Mountains - Mountains in the Appennine Range
• Apennine Mountains - Historical Significance

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The Apennines are the continuation of the Alpine chain, but the individual zones of the Alps cannot be traced into the Apennines. The zone of the Brianconnais may be followed as far as the Gulf of Genoa, but scarcely beyond, unless it is represented by the Trias and older beds of the Apuan Alps. The inner zone of crystalline and schistose rocks which forms the main chain of the Alps, is absent in ...

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Modern geographers divide the range into three parts: northern, central and southern. Apennine Mountains - Northern Apennines. The northern Apennines are generally distinguished (though there is no real solution of continuity) from the Maritime Alps at the Bocchetta dell' Altare, some 5 miles west of Savona on the high road to Turin. [The ancient Via Aemilia, built in 109 BC, led over this pass, but originally turned east to Dertona (mod. Tortona).] They again are divided into three parts--the ...

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The Apennines are to some extent clothed with forests, though these were probably more extensive in classical times (Pliny mentions especially pine, oak and beech woods, Hist. Nat. xvi. 177); they have indeed been greatly reduced in comparatively modern times by indiscriminate timber-felling, and though serious attempts at reforestation have been made by the government, much remains to be done. They also furnish considerable summer pastures, especially in the Abruzzi: Pliny (Hist. Nat. xi. 240) praises the cheese of the ...

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Apennine Mountains, Apennine Mountains - Divisions, Apennine Mountains - Northern Apennines, Apennine Mountains - Central Apennines, Apennine Mountains - Southern Apennines, Apennine Mountains - Character, Apennine Mountains - Geology, Apennine Mountains - Mountains in the Appennine Range, Apennine Mountains - Historical Significance

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