The Tiber Valley (Italian: Valle del Tevere) is the largest geographical part of the Tiber basin[1] of the Tiber river included in the Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, and the Lazio regions; it is characterized by river terraces and floodplain areas that extend from the Apennine belt up to the delta of the Tiber river in the Lazio coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Tiber Valley | |
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Naming | |
Native name | Valle del Tevere (Italian) |
Geography | |
Country | Italy |
State/Province | Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio |
Coordinates | 42°08′00″N 12°35′00″E / 42.133333°N 12.583333°E |
River | Tiber |
Geology
editThe Tiber basin is made up of four main morpho-structural environments:[2]
- the upper Tiber basin, composed mainly of terrigenous sediment in flysch facies of Tuscan origin (on the right bank north of Lake Trasimeno) and Umbria-Marche (on the left bank)
- the Apennine carbonate ridge, which occupies the eastern and southern sector, made up of carbonate reliefs;
- the Tiber graben with its marine to continental facies deposits, the intermountain basins;
- the volcanic systems of the Volsini Mountains, Cimini, Sabatini and Alban Hills, which occupy the southwestern sector.
- Paleotevere Graben[3]
- Paglia-Tevere Graben[4]
- Tiber Graben (Chiana Valley)[5][6]
Territory and environment
editProtected natural areas
edit- Tiber River Park - Umbria Region[7]
Gallery
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Sources of the Tiber - Monte Fumaiolo
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Alta valle del Tevere
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Lake of Corbara
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Fossil forest of Dunarobba
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Lake of Alviano
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Capu l'Aia
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Lake of Nazzano
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Boat towed with Burlak by arms from Pilorciatori
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Paleolithic sites Tiber Valley - Aniene
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Delta of Tiber - between Fiumicino and Ostia
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The Tiber Valley from Space
Notes
edit- ^ "Information on the basin" (in Italian). Autorità di Bacino del fiume Tevere.
- ^ "Autorita' Bacino del Tevere: LINEAMENTI GEOLOGICI DEL BACINO DEL TEVERE" (PDF) (in Italian).
- ^ "PaleoTevere" (in Italian). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Il Pliocene e il quaternario della Media valle del Tevere" (PDF) (in Italian).
- ^ "BACINO DEL TEVERE (Graben del Tevere, valle del Chiani) pag 189" (in Italian).
- ^ "LINEAMENTI GEOLOGICI DEL BACINO DEL TEVERE" (PDF) (in Italian).
- ^ "Regione Umbria: Parco Regionale del Fiume Tevere".
- ^ "Parco Fluviale Interregionale del Tevere" (PDF). 15 February 2019.
- ^ ""Parco Interregionale del Fiume Tevere" Accordo di pianificazione sistema narnese ternano, Comuni di Otricoli e Calvi dell'Umbria, Pag 4".
- ^ "Proposta di legge regionale n. 160 del 18 aprile 2014 concernente: "Istituzione del parco fluviale regionale del Tevere"" (PDF).
- ^ "Riserva Litorale Romano | Riserva Litorale Romano" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Centro Habitat Mediterraneo Ostia - Lipu Onlus" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
See also
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External links
edit- Media related to Tiber Valley at Wikimedia Commons