Geological landscape
Gentle hills cut by sharp badlands, where Argille Azzurre and Sabbie gialle outcrop (Modena Apennines)
The river Po flows quietly in the Piacenza plain, forming these fully developed meanders. The stream flows from right to left.
The Lido di Dante shoreline (Ravenna) still shows a fairly natural morphology, with sandy dunes behind the beach.
Ophiolitic masses emerge from clayey complexes, forming dark,prominent crags <8<pietra Parcellara, Bobbio, Picenza Apennines)
The triassic gypsum (in the foreground) carved out by the course of the river Secchia (Reggio Emilia Apennines)
The small river Gaiana snakes through cultivated fields in the upper Po plain (Bologna province). The Appennines reliefs are visible in the background.
The Macigno-like sandstone outcrops in the Bobbio "tectonic window". In the foreground, the spectacular river Trebbia meanders (Piacenza Apennines)
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).
