Southern Apennines region

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The Southern Apennines region is the southern segment of Italy’s Apennine mountain chain, characterized by rugged limestone peaks, active seismicity, and a mix of Mediterranean and mountainous landscapes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Southern Apennines region canonical 2
central-southern Apennines 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
mountain region
borderedBy Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED
Tyrrhenian Sea NERFINISHED
characteristic high seismicity
karst landscapes
rugged topography
steep slopes
climate Mediterranean
mountain climate
contains Calabrian Apennines NERFINISHED
Campania Apennines NERFINISHED
Gargano Promontory NERFINISHED
Irpinia mountains NERFINISHED
Lucanian Apennines NERFINISHED
Matese massif NERFINISHED
Pollino Massif NERFINISHED
Sannio mountains NERFINISHED
Vulture volcano NERFINISHED
national parks
protected natural areas
country Italy
drainage karst springs
short steep rivers
economicActivity olive cultivation in lower slopes
pastoralism
small-scale agriculture
tourism
viticulture in suitable valleys
extendsFrom central Apennines NERFINISHED
extendsTo Calabria NERFINISHED
geology flysch sequences
limestone
thrust-and-fold belt
hazard earthquakes
landslides
soil erosion
highestPoint Pollino Massif NERFINISHED
knownFor Mediterranean–mountain ecotone
active seismicity
complex tectonics
locatedIn Southern Italy NERFINISHED
partOf Apennine Mountains NERFINISHED
tectonicSetting convergent margin
orogenic belt
vegetation Mediterranean scrub
beech forests at higher elevations
broadleaf forests

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monte Solaro partOf Southern Apennines region
Volturno River sourceLocation Southern Apennines region
this entity surface form: central-southern Apennines
Gargano Peninsula partOf Southern Apennines region