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NATURALE DELLE APUANE
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C. del GRECO, 11 - SERAVEZZA (LU)
Tel. 0584-757361 - Fax 0584-757362 |
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The Apuan Alps differ from the Appennine due to a marked
morphologic difference. The Apuan summits, e.g. M. Sagro
(1749 mt.), M. Altissimo (1589 mt.), M. Cavallo (1888
mt.), M. Tambura (1895 mt.) and Sella (1735 mt.) look
like a parched, barren calcareous barrier standing up
to the western humid winds full of rain. The steep slopes
absorb the rains through the karstic hollows or pull them
down along the steep chanels. There are rocky crags with
a drop of over one thousand meters, thus increasing the
sensation of the mountain grandeur. The most northern
side of mountain chain shown the marks of the millenary
marble excavation works, where the white flows of marble
drifts look like snow and glacier in the distance. In
the southern side of the mountain chain, not subject to
any excavation works, the landscape is characterized by
features typical of the Dolomites. The following mountains,
e.g. M. Corchia (1678 mt.), Pania della Croce (1858 mt.),
M. Forato (1230 mt.), M. Nona-Matanna (1297-1318 mt.)
look like "wide cliffs" coming out from the woody mountain
basements. The green valley bottom of the Frigido river
and of T. Serra and Vezza is covered with chestnuts, hornbeams,
oaks. The siliceous rocks make the ground impervious and
rich with springs low in mineral content, the streams
flow fast in the narrows small valleys towards the main
watercourses which flow into the sea. |
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