IT09-Mountain Lakes - Italy

This site includes many lakes and temporary pools of the northern slope of Northern Apennines located between 1000 and 1850 m a.s.l. Most of these lakes are of glacial origin and some are still in pristine conditions. Research activity has been mainly addressed to the study of water bodies in the province of Parma within the boundaries of the Alta Val Parma e Alta Val Cedra Regional Park and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines National Park, but also to lentic ecosystems in other apenninic watersheds in the frame of studies at regional scale. The site also includes more than 30 high altitude lakes, located in the Ossola and Sesia Valleys, Piedmont, at an altitude between 1900 and 2700 m a.s.l. Most of the lake catchments are of glacial ...