Alps–Apennines system

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mountain system orogenic belt

The Alps–Apennines system is a major interconnected mountain chain in southern Europe where the Alpine range transitions into the Apennine range across northern Italy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Italian Alps and Apennines system (broad physiographic sense) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain system ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
adjacentTo Ligurian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Po Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
age Cenozoic ⓘ
boundedBy Po Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apennines NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsStructure fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
foreland basin ⓘ
suture zone ⓘ
thrust belt ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
extendsInto Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Slovenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy convergence of African Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
geologicalProcess crustal shortening ⓘ
folding ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
geologicalSetting Alpine orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apennines NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences climate of northern Italy ⓘ
drainage patterns of Po River basin ⓘ
lithology igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
southern Europe ⓘ
mainPhaseOfDeformation Tertiary ⓘ
notableFor complex plate-tectonic interactions in the central Mediterranean region ⓘ
orogenyType collisional orogeny ⓘ
partOf Alpine orogenic system NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchField geomorphology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
separates Po Plain and Ligurian-Tyrrhenian margin ⓘ
tectonicPlatesInvolved Adriatic Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
transitionZoneBetween Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apennines NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Perdas Carpìas → belongsTo → Alps–Apennines system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Alps and Apennines system (broad physiographic sense)
Colle di Cadibona → partOf → Alps–Apennines system ⓘ