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The Serra Moraine of Ivrea
Vische (To), Piemonte, Italia
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The Serra Moraine of Ivrea is a morainic relief of glacial origin dating back to the Quaternary; it belongs to the vast system of the morainic amphitheatre of Ivrea, of which it is the left moraine. It goes from the area of Andrate, in the province of Turin to Cavaglià, in the province of Biella, and it is the biggest geological formation of this kind in Europe.
The Serra origins from the southern slopes of Colma di Mombarone (2.371 m) and goes as an almost straight line to south-east till the hills that surround the Lake of Viverone. It is composed by a series of sub-parallel crests, the highest of which is 600 m above the level of the plain inside the morainic amphitheatre in the zone of Andrate. The height of the hill gradually lows toward east, till about 250 m in the area of Zimone.
Canavese is a subalpine geographical and historical area of North-West Italy which lies today within the Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont.
The Serra Moraine of Ivrea
Vische (To), Piemonte, Italia
4 images stitched with Microsoft Image Composite Editor
(Please press "Z" to view on large)
The Serra Moraine of Ivrea is a morainic relief of glacial origin dating back to the Quaternary; it belongs to the vast system of the morainic amphitheatre of Ivrea, of which it is the left moraine. It goes from the area of Andrate, in the province of Turin to Cavaglià, in the province of Biella, and it is the biggest geological formation of this kind in Europe.
The Serra origins from the southern slopes of Colma di Mombarone (2.371 m) and goes as an almost straight line to south-east till the hills that surround the Lake of Viverone. It is composed by a series of sub-parallel crests, the highest of which is 600 m above the level of the plain inside the morainic amphitheatre in the zone of Andrate. The height of the hill gradually lows toward east, till about 250 m in the area of Zimone.
Canavese is a subalpine geographical and historical area of North-West Italy which lies today within the Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont.