The Tiber Valley (Italian language: Valle del Tevere) is the largest geographical part of the of the Tiber river included in the Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, and the Lazio regions; it is characterized by river terraces and floodplain areas that extend from the Apennine belt up to the delta of the Tiber river in the of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Geology
The Tiber basin is made up of four main morpho-structural environments:
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the upper Tiber basin, composed mainly of terrigenous sediment in flysch facies of Tuscan origin (on the right bank north of Lake Trasimeno) and Umbria-Marche (on the left bank)
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the Apennine carbonate ridge, which occupies the eastern and southern sector, made up of carbonate reliefs;
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the Tiber graben with its marine to continental facies deposits, the intermountain basins;
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the volcanic systems of the Monti Volsini, Monti Cimini, Monti Sabatini and Alban Hills, which occupy the southwestern sector.
- Graben
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Paleotevere Graben
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Paglia-Tevere Graben
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Tiber Graben (Chiana Valley)
Territory and environment
Protected natural areas
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Tiber River Park - Umbria Region
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Interregional Tiber River Park
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Delta of the Tiber - Litorale Romano State Nature Reserve
Gallery
File:Sorgente-tevere-fumaiolo.jpg| Sources of the Tiber - Monte Fumaiolo
File:Panoramica Lago di Montedoglio.jpg| Lake Montedoglio
File:Citerna panoramik.jpg| Alta valle del Tevere
File:Lago di Corbara 1.JPG| Lake of Corbara
File:Dunarobba.jpg| Fossil forest of Dunarobba
File:Lago di Alviano2.JPG| Lake of Alviano
File:Capu L'Aia.JPG| Capu l'Aia
File:Panorama Riserva Nazzano Tevere-Farfa.jpg| Lake of Nazzano
File:Gaspar van Wittel - View of Tor di Nona (1690s).jpg| Boat towed with Burlak by arms from Pilorciatori
File:Localizzazione siti paleolitici Aniene.jpg| Paleolithic sites Tiber Valley - Aniene
File:Fiumicino 04 (RaBoe).jpg| Delta of Tiber - between Fiumicino and Ostia
File:ISS053-E-110772 - View of Earth.jpg| The Tiber Valley from Space
See also
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