Apennine
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Other places on Earth
- The Apennine or Italian peninsulaItalian PeninsulaThe Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula is one of the three large peninsulas of Southern Europe , spanning from the Po Valley in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south. The peninsula's shape gives it the nickname Lo Stivale...
- ApenninsApenninsApennins was a département of the First French Empire in present Italy. Named after the Apennine Mountains, it was formed in 1805, when the Ligurian Republic was annexed to France. Its capital was Chiavari....
, a department of the first French Empire
Plants and animals
- The Apennine (sheep)Apennine (sheep)Apennine is a domesticated breed of sheep found in Italy. It was found in the 1970s by cross breeding with local breeds and the Bergamasca and Ile-de-France...
, a modern breed of domestic sheep. - Apennine ShrewApennine ShrewThe Apennine Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is endemic to Italy.-References:* Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
, an insectivore endemic to Italy - Apennine Yellow-bellied ToadApennine Yellow-bellied ToadThe Apennine Yellow-bellied Toad is a species of toad in the Bombinatoridae family. It is endemic to Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, pastureland, ponds, open excavations, irrigated...
, an amphibian endemic to Italy - Appenine deciduous montane forestsAppenine deciduous montane forestsThe term Appenine deciduous montane forests Ecoregion, in the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome, are in the mountain ranges of northern and central Italy, including the Apennine Mountains.-Vegetation zones:...
, an ecoregion of Italy - Apennine Brown Bear, the Marsican Brown BearMarsican Brown BearThe Marsican Brown Bear , also known as Apennine brown bear, is a highly threatened, unrecognized subspecies of the Brown bear, with a range restricted to Abruzzo National Park and perhaps the Montagne del Morrone in Italy...
- Apennine wolf, the Eurasian WolfEurasian WolfThe Eurasian Wolf , also known as the, European, Common or Forest Wolf is a subspecies of grey wolf which has the largest range among wolf subspecies and is the most common in Europe and Asia, ranging through Mongolia, China, Russia, Scandinavia, Western Europe and the Himalayan Mountains...
- Apennine Hare, the Corsican HareCorsican HareThe Corsican Hare , also known as the Apennine Hare or Italian Hare, is a species of hare found in southern and central Italy and Corsica.-Taxonomy:...
- South Apennine mixed montane forestsSouth Apennine mixed montane forestsThe South Apennine mixed montane forests is an Ecoregion, in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Biome, located in southern Italy and Sicily....
Cultural objects
- Apennine Base TunnelApennine Base TunnelThe Apennine Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel 18.507 km, , long on the Direttissima line connecting Florence and Bologna, in central Italy. The tunnel was opened on 21 April 1934 shortening the rail connection by 35 km compared to the old railway line over the mountain range...
, a tunnel of Italy - The archaeological Apennine cultureApennine cultureThe Apennine culture or Italian Bronze Age is a technology complex of central and southern Italy spanning the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age proper. It is preceded by the Neolithic and succeeded by the Iron Age Villanovan culture. Apennine culture pottery is a black, burnished ware incised and...
- Giro dell'AppenninoGiro dell'AppenninoThe Giro dell'Appennino is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour....
, a bicycle tour