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Geological landscape
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![Western peaks Western peaks](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/vette_occ.jpg/@@images/746555f0-9bad-4794-9bb6-27b0d53e180d.jpeg)
![Mid eastern peaks Mid eastern peaks](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/vette-or.jpg/@@images/a5f8f3e9-1cf4-45f2-b529-5cba545e4ea2.jpeg)
![Layer upon layer Layer upon layer](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/unita_08.jpg/@@images/aa4c3b6b-ce53-4e77-9a96-d2e01431356e.jpeg)
![Vena del Gesso Vena del Gesso](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/the-vena-del-gesso-landscape/@@images/d554167c-29a1-40c8-be92-d16bedd92bb5.jpeg)
![09_Foothills 09_Foothills](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/primi_colli.jpg/@@images/943a005c-2bb4-441e-a930-6b370afe3341.jpeg)
Gentle hills cut by sharp badlands, where Argille Azzurre and Sabbie gialle outcrop (Modena Apennines)
![12 Po plain 12 Po plain](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/piana_po.jpg/@@images/3432d6ad-c882-408b-9a26-4005377230b8.jpeg)
The river Po flows quietly in the Piacenza plain, forming these fully developed meanders. The stream flows from right to left.
![13 Coastal plain 13 Coastal plain](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/piana_costiera.jpg/@@images/3480d1ae-4c9d-4a80-8811-9e266dc1e9b5.jpeg)
The Lido di Dante shoreline (Ravenna) still shows a fairly natural morphology, with sandy dunes behind the beach.
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Ophiolitic masses emerge from clayey complexes, forming dark,prominent crags <8<pietra Parcellara, Bobbio, Picenza Apennines)
![Triassic gypsum Triassic gypsum](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/gessi_triassici.jpg/@@images/4c1e667f-afc8-4654-a3b2-421595ac435c.jpeg)
The triassic gypsum (in the foreground) carved out by the course of the river Secchia (Reggio Emilia Apennines)
![11 Alluvial plain of the Apennine rivers 11 Alluvial plain of the Apennine rivers](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/fiumi_app.jpg/@@images/7a6a3447-3874-47b0-8662-85e6d7296b3b.jpeg)
The small river Gaiana snakes through cultivated fields in the upper Po plain (Bologna province). The Appennines reliefs are visible in the background.
![06 Window on the deep Apennines 06 Window on the deep Apennines](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/finestra_appennino.jpg/@@images/3b4f6137-cc75-4ee0-8843-4a611dbb030c.jpeg)
The Macigno-like sandstone outcrops in the Bobbio "tectonic window". In the foreground, the spectacular river Trebbia meanders (Piacenza Apennines)
![Sandstone spurs Sandstone spurs](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/contraff_rupi.jpg/@@images/4a271894-0603-4d6d-94d7-8d633f9e3074.jpeg)
The Pietra di Bismantova (1047 m) is a large sandstone plateau, surrounded on all sides by a 100 metre high vertical slope (Reggio Emilia Apennines).
![Mountains, landslides and badlands Mountains, landslides and badlands](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/Unita_03.jpg/@@images/ff2838eb-8a42-470c-b586-c8590c171f7c.jpeg)
![Bismantova stone Bismantova stone](https://ambiente.regione.emilia-romagna.it/en/geologia/geology/geological-heritage/patr_geol/DSCF9242.JPG/@@images/db7ba61c-b76c-4ce1-9fef-e28305cf47b0.jpeg)