| The Sibillini
Mountains National Park cover over 70 thousand hectares
and straddle between Umbria and Le Marche. The Park was
founded in 1993. It is characterized by the presence of
many peaks over 2000metres high, of which the highest is
Mount Vettore (2,476metres). On the eastern flanks of the
mountains, in Le Marche, there are the valleys of the rivers
Aso, Tenna and Ambro, that together with Nera on the west
form the river system of the Park.
There are also two lakes, Fiastra (an artificial lake)
and Pilato, found at 1940metres above sea level, below
the summit of Mount Vettore. There is a rich abundance
of different varieties of trees, including turkey oaks,
moutain maple, chestnut, holm oaks and beech. There are
fifty different species of mammals, including wolves,
porcupines, martens, snow voles as well as the roe deer,
reintroduced to the park in recent years. There are 150
different species of birds, including the royal eagle,
pelegrine falcon, barn owl, sparrowhawk, woodpecker and
alpine chaffinch.
There are over 20 different species of reptile and invertebrates,
in particular the Orsini viper, and the Marchesoni grey
mullet, a small crustacean that is found in Pilates Lake.
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