In particular, the climate of the Po valley geographical region is mostly continental, with harsh winters and hot summers. In most of the inland northern and central regions, the climate ranges from humid subtropical to humid continental and oceanic. The main islands are Sicily, Sardinia and the Aeolian Islands.īecause of the length of the Italian peninsula and the mostly mountainous hinterland, the climate of Italy is highly diverse. Agriculture and industry are less developed. Southern Italy includes the regions of Abruzzo, Molise, Apulia, Basilicata and Campania. A process of land reclamation has replaced the coastal swamps and marshes with agricultural land. It is dominated by the Apennines, from which a few major rivers flow.
Central Italy includes the regions of Tuscany, Umbria, Marche and Lazio. Northern Italy is dominated by the Alps and an extensive valley of the Po river which is extensively agricultural and industrialised. The Apennines run north-south through the peninsula connecting the Alps in the north to Etna and the Peloritani mountains in Sicily in the south. Italy consists of a 1,000 km (620 miles) long peninsula extending out into the central Mediterranean, together with a number of islands to the south and west. Italy is predominantly hilly and mountainous in nature of the territory, which has caused a proliferation of ecological niches, close in space but very diversified. The Italian territory extends over about 10° of latitude, therefore, while remaining in the context of temperate climates without extremes of heat, cold or aridity, the climatic difference between the north and the south of the country is not at all negligible, going from the nival climates of the Alpine peaks, to the cool semi-continental temperate climate of the Po Valley, to the Mediterranean climate of the central-southern coasts and the islands.
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During the Pleistocene glaciations, the Italian territory remained largely free of ice, which allowed the flora and fauna to survive, something that did not happen in the central-northern areas of the continent, and the retreat of the great glaciers has left glacial relict fauna in some mountain locations. Italy is one of the richest European countries in both plant and animal biodiversity, with a population very rich in endemic forms. In Italy there are 119 mammals species, 550 bird species, 69 reptile species, 39 amphibian species, 623 fish species and 56,213 invertebrate species, of which 37,303 insect species. The fauna of Italy includes 4,777 endemic animal species, which include the Sardinian long-eared bat, Sardinian red deer, spectacled salamander, brown cave salamander, Italian newt, Italian frog, Apennine yellow-bellied toad, Italian wall lizard, Aeolian wall lizard, Sicilian wall lizard, Italian Aesculapian snake, and Sicilian pond turtle. Italy's varied geological structure, including the Alps and the Apennines, Central Italian woodlands, and Southern Italian Garigue and Maquis shrubland, also contribute to high climate and habitat diversity. Italy also receives species from the Balkans, Eurasia, and the Middle East. The Italian peninsula is in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, forming a corridor between central Europe and North Africa, and it has 8,000 km (5,000 mi) of coastline. Italy has one the highest level of faunal biodiversity in Europe, with over 57,000 species recorded, representing more than a third of all European fauna. The fauna of Italy comprises all the animal species inhabiting the territory of the Italian Republic and its surrounding waters. The Italian wolf, which inhabits the Apennine Mountains and the Western Alps, features prominently in Latin and Italian cultures, such as in the legend of the founding of Rome.
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