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    The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (/ˈæpənaɪn/; Greek: Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; Latin: Appenninus or Apenninus Mons – a singular with plural meaning;...
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  • Look up Apennine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Apennine may refer to: The Apennine Mountains The Apennine or Italian Peninsula Apennins, a department...
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    Hadley–Apennine is a region on the near side of Earth's Moon that served as the landing site for the American Apollo 15 mission, the fourth crewed landing...
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    The Apennine culture is a technology complex in central and southern Italy from the Italian Middle Bronze Age (15th–14th centuries BC). In the mid-20th...
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    The Apennine Colossus (Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino) is a stone statue, approximately 11 m high, in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany...
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    penisola italica or penisola italiana), also known as the Italic Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula or Italian Boot, is a peninsula extending from the southern Alps...
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    Italian wolf (redirect from Apennine wolf)
    lupus), also known as the Apennine wolf, is a subspecies of the grey wolf native to the Italian Peninsula. It inhabits the Apennine Mountains and the Western...
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    (Ursus arctos arctos, formerly Ursus arctos marsicanus), also known as the Apennine brown bear, and orso bruno marsicano in Italian, is a critically endangered...
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    The Apennine yellow-bellied toad (Bombina pachypus) is a species of toad in the family Bombinatoridae endemic to Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate...
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    Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains of Spain, France and Andorra, and the Apennine Mountains of central Italy. It is one of the two species of the genus Rupicapra...
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    on the northern part of the Moon's near side. They are named after the Apennine Mountains in Italy. With their formation dating back about 3.9 billion...
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    The Apennine Base Tunnel, alternatively known as the Grand Apennine Tunnel, is a railway base tunnel 18.507 kilometres (11.500 mi) long on the Bologna-Florence...
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    City, 3.2 km (2.0 mi). Over 35% of Italian territory is mountainous. The Apennine Mountains form the peninsula's backbone, and the Alps form most of its...
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  • On 9 September 1349, an earthquake sequence began in Italy's Apennine Mountains that severely affected the regions of Molise, Latium and Abruzzo. Probably...
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    Monte Vettore (redirect from Apennine Sibyl)
    Latin Vector, "carrier", "leader") is a mountain of the Umbro-marchigiano Apennine Mountains in Italy. It is the highest peak of the Sibillini massif. It...
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    The Apennine shrew (Sorex samniticus) is a species of shrew in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Italy. Amori, G. (2016). "Sorex samniticus". IUCN...
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    Corsican hare (redirect from Apennine Hare)
    The Corsican hare (Lepus corsicanus), also known as the Apennine hare or Italian hare, is a species of hare found in southern and central Italy and Corsica...
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    other European regions because Italy is partly a peninsula along which the Apennine chain rises, dividing the waters into two opposite sides. The longest river...
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    Julius Caesar in 49 BC. The river flows for around 80 km (50 mi) from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea through the south of the Emilia-Romagna region...
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    kilometres (5,904 sq mi), and mountains (of which the highest are the Apennines), a further 25%, or 5,770 square kilometres (2,230 sq mi). Plains occupy...
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  • Love and War in the Apennines is a 1971 Second World War memoir (with some changes of names and people and places, and some composite characters) by Eric...
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    oriented south–north (Scandinavian Mountains, Dinarides, Carpathians, Apennines) and because the rain falls primarily on the side of mountains that is...
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    and comprises the long, boot-shaped Italian Peninsula crossed by the Apennines, the southern side of Alps, the large plain of the Po Valley and some...
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    cow's milk. It is produced throughout southern Italy, particularly in the Apennine Mountains and in the Gargano peninsula. Shaped like a teardrop, it is similar...
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    Gran Sasso d'Italia (category Apennine Mountains)
    a massif in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. Its highest peak, Corno Grande (2,912 metres), is the highest mountain in the Apennines, and the second-highest...
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    and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Apennine Peninsula. The regional capital is Perugia. The region is characterized...
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    movement contributed to the formation of the surrounding mountain chains and Apennine tectonic uplift after its collision with the Eurasian plate. In the Late...
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    of the Proto-Apennine stage of Palma Campania culture spread in southern Italy at this time. The Middle Bronze Age known as the Apennine Bronze Age in...
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    river 1802–1814 Tanaro6 Asti Tanaro (river) 1802–1805 Apennins Chiavari Apennine mountains Republic of Genoa7 1805–1814 Gênes Genoa Gênes City of Genoa...
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    microstate and enclave within Italy. Located on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains, it is the fifth-smallest country in the world, with a land area...
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