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Geography of Italy |
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Italy, a country of Southern Europe, situated on two biggest islands in Mediterranean Sea named Sicily and Sardinia. As per the geography of Italy is concerned, it is connected on its side by some of the popular European countries like France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states like San Marino and the Vatican City occupies a part of Italian peninsula and Campione d’Italia is an Italian occupation Island based in Switzerland.
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To talk about Italy’s geography, it’s location is at such a position in Southern Europe along with a stretch of Peninsula which has its stretch right up to Central Mediterranean Sea, which is also situated at the northeastern part of Tunisia. Let’s state the different geographical aspect below:
Area:
Total: Around 301,230 square kilometer
Land: Around 294,020 square kilometer
Water: Around 7,210 square kilometer
Land Boundaries:
Total: Approximately 1,932.2 kilometer
Border countries: Austria 430 kilometer, France 488 kilometer, Holy See( Vatican City)3.2 kilometer, San Marino 39 kilometer, Slovenia 232 kilometer and Switzerland 740 kilometer
Coastline: 7,600 kilometer
Maritime Claims:
Continental Shelf: 200 meter depth
Territorial Sea: around 12 nautical miles
As per the Geography of Italy is concerned we know clearly the country falls in Mediterranean Sea. The prominent geographical feature of Italy looks like boot-shaped country which seems to be kicking the island of Sicily. There are ranges of different mountains located throughout the country. There are different mountainous ranges like Dolomite, Apennine and Po Valley. The Dolomite Mountains is stretched across Northern Italy as part of the Alps Mountain range. Apennine Mountains bisects the center of Italy, which stretched from north to south and finally divides the country into east and west5 coasts. The Po Valley, situated just south of the Dolomite Mountains, is just the basin of the Po River. The farm areas in this region are very fertile.
Two Islands of Italy:
There are big islands in Italy. These are Sicily and Sardinia. Sicily is the biggest island in Mediterranean with so many volcanoes and earthquakes. Sardinia is more or less mountains which come out of sea.
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