Italian Peninsula

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• contains Italy

• geography consists of plains, and coast lines that can be rocky and jagged or long and sandy. 

• contains many port cities for trade

• Apennines Mountains run down the center of the peninsula

• bounded in the north by the Alps

• contains steep, short and shallow rivers not suitable for transportation

• Po River is the longest river starting in Venice and the basin forms the most fertile area for agriculure

• Tiber river is the second longest and the main water source for Rome.

• coastal regions sees the most population, agriculture and rainfall

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