Karst Landscape (Monte Cucco - Central Apennines)
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Karst Landscape (Monte Cucco - Central Apennines)

by Nicola Morgantini, ARPA - Umbria (Italy) - Regional Environmental Protection Agency, Perugia, Italy

View of Rio Freddo gorge, Monte Cucco (Umbria - Central Apennines), a beautiful example of karst landscape. The rocks outcrops are mainly constituted by limestones of the "Calcare Massiccio" formation (lower Lias).