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| ⚫ | {{Unreferenced|daiterranean climate]], though in the mountainous parts the climate is cooler. Its natural vegetation includes ] and ] and mixed deciduous coniferous forests. | ||
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| The '''Italian Peninsula''' or '''Apennine Peninsula''' ({{lang-it|Penisola italiana}} or ''Penisola appenninica'') is one of the three ]s of ] (the other two being the ] and ]), spanning 1,000 km from the ] in the north to the central ] in the south. The peninsula is well-known for its ] shape, in fact it is known as ''Lo Stivale'' (Italian for "The boot".) Three smaller peninsulas contribute to giving the Italian Peninsula its characteristic shape, namely ], ] and ]. | |||
| Nearly all of the peninsula is part of the state of ], hence the name, apart from ] and the ]. Additionally, ] and ] are considered as islands off the peninsula and in this sense geographically grouped along with it. | |||
| The ] is bordered by the ] on the west, the ] on the south, and the ] on the east. The interior part of the Apennine Peninsula consists of the ], from which it takes its name, the northern part is largely plains and the coasts are lined with cliffs. | |||
| One natural resource that this ] contains is ]. | |||
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{{Unreferenced|daiterranean climate]], though in the mountainous parts the climate is cooler. Its natural vegetation includes chaparral and deciduous and mixed deciduous coniferous forests.
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