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Apuan Alps
Mountain range in northern Tuscany, Italy
Mountain range in northern Tuscany, Italy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Apuan Alps |
| photo | Alpi Apuane.JPG |
| photo_caption | Apuan Alps seen from Pietrasanta |
| country | Italy |
| region | Tuscany |
| parent | Apennine Mountains |
| period | Triassic |
| highest | Monte Pisanino |
| elevation_m | 1946 |
| coordinates | |
| map_image | Alpi Apuane Posizione.png |
| map_caption | Location of the Apuan Alps in Italy |
The Apuan Alps () are a mountain range in northern Tuscany, Italy. They are included between the valleys of the Serchio and Magra rivers, and, to the northwest, the Garfagnana and Lunigiana, with a total length of approximately 55 km.
The name derives from the Apuani Ligures tribe that lived there in ancient times.
The mountain range is known for its Carrara marble. Due to the high environmental impact of marble quarrying, the No Cav movement strongly opposes this activity.
Geology and geography
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The chain formed out of sea sediments in the middle Triassic period, somewhat earlier than the rest of the Apennines, and on a rather different geological structure. Over time, these sediments hardened into limestone, dolomite, sandstone, and shale. Harsh pressure approximately 25 million years ago transformed the limestone in many places into the Carrara marble (named for the nearby city of Carrara) for which the range is renowned. Erosion carved much of the remaining sedimentary rocks into a jagged karst topography.
The No Cav environmental movement is fighting for the closure of the marble quarries in the Apuan Alps due to their environmental impact.
Fauna
The principal mammals are squirrels, dormice, moles, Hazel dormice, foxes, hares, martens, weasels, badgers, and polecats.
The area is home to over 300 species of birds, including the red-billed chough, common raven, buzzard, golden eagle, peregrine falcon, and kestrel, barn owl, little owl, tawny owl, and common owl.
Many migrant species are present too: the common nightingale, the black redstart, the red grouse, the wryneck, the cuckoo, the wallcreeper, and the alpine swallow while many species of passerines and tits, the great spotted woodpecker, and the green woodpecker are present throughout the year and well distributed.
Main peaks
- Monte Pisanino (1946 m) – The highest peak in the Apuan alps
- Monte Tambura (1,890 m)
- Monte Cavallo (1,888 m)
- Pania della Croce (1,858 m)
- Monte Grondìlice (1,808 m)
- Monte Contrario (1,788 m)
- Pizzo d'Uccello (1,781 m)
- Monte Sumbra (1765 m)
- Monte Sagro (1,749 m)
- Monte Procinto (1,177 m)
References
References
- (1980). "Natural Wonders of the World". Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
- (20 January 2023). "Le Alpi Apuane: tra i più grandi disastri ambientali europei".
- (23 March 2023). "This article is more than 2 years old Brave newt world: the species swimming against the tide of Italian marble". The Guardian.
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