Italy Geography

Italy is surrounded by the Adriatic, Lingurian, Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas and as such has got more than 8000km of coastline. About three quarters of the inland area is mountainous (the Alps on the Northern border, the Apennines run over a distance of 1350km from north to south). About five per cent of the country is covered by National Parks and there are over 400 nature reserves and wetlands.

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