Transcript Italy – The Seven Regions

Italy
Where is Italy located?
In the continent of Europe.
Divided into 20 provinces.
Surrounded by the
Mediterranean sea
Shaped like a boot
The countries that border Italy
are France, Switzerland,
Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia
Dividing Italy into physical regions
A region is an area of land that has
common characteristics. It is
different to other regions. The
characteristics can be
1. Physical - climate, soils, plants
that grow there. (not man-made)
The Regions
• Physical Regions – 3 Regions – Alps,
Apennines and the NIP (North Italian
Plain)
• States – 20 states – Political regions a bit
like counties in Britain.
• Economic – 2 regions – More developed
north and less developed south.
• Tourism – 7 regions .
Region 1
Mountains
& Lakes
Region 2 –
North Italy
& Venice
Region 5 –
Neapolitan
Riviera
Region 3 –
Italian
Riviera
Region 6 –
The south
Region 4 –
Tuscany and
Rome
Region 7 SICILY
Mountains
The groups of mountains are:
Alps
Appenines
The Alps and Apennines
• The two groups of
• The Apennines are
mountains in Italy are
‘older’ and smoother.
the alps and the
The Apennines go along
Apennines. The alps are
the peninsula in a
shaped in a curve. The
stripe, the alps are an
alps have tall and spikey
arch all along the
northern borders with
points and ‘newer’
France, Switzerland,
Austria and Slovenia.
The Alps
• The alps form a towering mountain range. The
highest mountain peaks in Europe straddle the
borders between Italy and its Alpine neighbors
– France, Switzerland, and Austria. The
mountain peaks are topped by snow and ice.
Apennines
• The Apennines form a mountainous backbone
that runs almost the full length of peninsula, they
are lower than the Alps. The landscape is rugged
with many outcrops of bare limestone rock,
particularly in the south. In the north there are
many rolling hills covered by forest, green fields
and vineyards. The highest mountain in the south
is not in the Apennines, it is Mount Etna, the
active volcano that dominates the geography of
eastern Sicily
The River Po
• The river Po, Italy longest river, is supplied
with water from many Alpines rivers.
Climates of Italy
• The climate in Italy is nice and mild. The north is
colder, the south is warmer. Winter is 5 degrees
average, spring is 15 degrees average, summer is
25 degrees average and autumn is 15 degrees
average.
• The easy division of Italy is into three climatic
regions. The Mediterranean climate of hot, dry
summers and warm, wet winters dominates
everywhere, except in the north.
Why is the North wealthy?
• The north Italian plain has the best farmland
and most of the modern industries,.
• The northern plain has great physical
advantages for farming compared with most
other regions of Italy
Best Farmland
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Largest area of low and flat land
Fertile soils
Hot sunny summers with rainfall
Plenty of water for irrigation from Alpine
rivers and springs
Italy’s population
•
The North of Italy is very crowded – over 200 people
per km² - this is called population density i.e. the
number of people in a given area
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The North of Italy has the largest cities
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It has a much larger population that the south of Italy
• Why is the North of Italy more populated?
• This relates to all of the factors we have discussed so far
1. The land on the North Italian Plain is very flat so
building here is very easy
2. There are lots of jobs here
3. The climate provides rain all year round so farming is
good here. This is also due to the fact that the soil is
very fertile
Tuscany & Rome
L’Aquilla Earthquake April 09
Before
Mass Burial
Neapolitan Riviera
The South
Sicily