Marche Map Political Regions

Marche Map Political Regions

The region of Marche to the east overlooking the Adriatic Sea, bordering Emilia-Romagna and the Republic of San Marino in the north, Tuscany and Umbria to the west, Abruzzo and for a short distance with Lazio to the south. It is distributed in the provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata and Pesaro-Urbino, the regional capital is Ancona. The name of the historical region of origin, derived from the German Mark and to a collection of frontier territories, "brand" in fact, established in the Middle Ages, long remained divided over time and aggregated into a single administrative unit.
The coast, almost everywhere right and not suitable for ports, extends for 175 km. In some places the width of the narrow coastal strip is even a few tens of meters. The rivers are numerous, steep descend to the Adriatic, almost parallel to each other and sometimes with recessed grooves. They all have a small catchment area, as well as modest is the length of their course, usually less than 100 km. and have a torrential. It is reminiscent of the Leaf (90 km.), Which flows near the town of Pesaro, Metauro (110 km.), Which reaches the sea at the town of Fano, and Tronto (115 km.), Which marks some distance the border with Abruzzo.
The natural environment, which once boasted beautiful forest expanses, has been transformed from almost anywhere crops and pastures, most recently, on the coast, the mass seaside tourism has surrounded the shoreline of a single bead construction, leaving only a few traces of the original landscape. Among the protected areas, is reminiscent of the Natural Park of Monte Conero, Monti Sibillini National Park, established in 1994 and shared with Umbria, the National Park of Monti della Laga shared with Abruzzo and Reserve caves Frasassi , a complex karst Apennines, located just north of Fabriano (Ancona).