Lazio Map Political Regions

Lazio Map Political Regions

Lazio overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west and borders with Umbria, Tuscany and Marche to the north, east Abruzzo and Molise, Campania to the south is divided into the provinces of Frosinone, Latina (including the 'Pontine archipelago), Rieti, Rome (the regional capital and the capital of Italy), and Viterbo.

The territory consists of areas that are very different in appearance and natural conditions. In the far north-east stand the mountains Reatini (Terminillo 2213 ms), and the adjacent group of Laga (Gorzano 2455 m) along the border with Abruzzo develop Simbruini (2014 m Glad ) and, beyond the high valley of the chain of Ernici (2037 m). Also on the border with the Abruzzi mountains rise of Meta (Petroso 2247 m.), to which it links, on the border with Molise, the massive Mainarde (Knight 2039 m.).
Characteristic of the so-called Antiappennino Lazio is a fertile, pleasant, represented by four-era Quaternary volcanic districts, aligned to the coast, formed by the seams of extinct volcanoes, whose craters are often filled by lakes. The Volsini (639 m) around Lake Bolsena, the Cimini (1053 m) with the lake of Vico and Sabatini (612 m) around Lake Bracciano. To the south of the valley of the Tiber are the Alban Hills, a very complex system, also called Latium Volcano, now largely demolished, which includes Lake Albano and Lake Nemi.
The coastal plains, swamps and malaria for centuries crossed by rivers whose course changed easily have been, in centuries past, some remediation. To the north lies the Maremma Lazio, a continuation of that of Tuscany, followed by the Agro Romano, or Roman countryside, focusing on the lower course and delta of the Tiber, and then the sour Pontino.