... rthern Italy are Garda, Maggiore, Como, and Lugano the peninsular lakes, hich are considerably smaller, include Trasimeno, Bolsena, and Bracciano.Natural Resources Italy is poor in natural resources, much of the land being unsuitable for agriculture due to mountainous terrain or unfavorable climate. Italy, moreover, is seriously deficient in such basic natural resources as coal. The most important mineral resources are natural gas, petroleum, lignite, sulfur, and pyrites. Other mineral deposits include lead, manganese, zinc, mercury, and bauxite. Many of these deposits are on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. Hoever, they had been heavily depleted by the early 1990s. Italy is rich in various types of building stone, notably marble. The coastal aters of Italy teem ith fishes, of hich sardine, tuna, and anchovy have the greatest commercial importance. Freshater fishes include eels and trout.Plants and Animals The flora of the central and southern lolands of Italy is typically Mediterranean. Among the characteristic vegetation of these regions are such trees as the olive, orange, lemon, palm, and citron. Other common types, especially in the extreme south, are fig, date, pomegranate, and almond trees, and sugarcane and cotton. The vegetation of the Apennines closely resembles that of central Europe. Dense groths of chestnut, cypress, and oak trees occupy the loer slopes, and at higher elevations, there are extensive stands of pine and fir.Italy has feer varieties of animals than are found generally in comparable areas of Europe. Small numbers of marmot, chamois, and ibex live in the Alps. The bear, numerous in ancient times, is no virtually extinct, but the olf and ild boar still flourish in the mountain regions. Another fairly common quadruped is the fox. Among the predatory species of bird are the eagle hak, vulture, buzzard, falcon, and kite, confined for the most part to the mountains. The quail, oodcock, partridge, and various migratory species abound in many parts of Italy. Reptiles include several species of lizards and snakes and three species of the poisonous viper family. Scorpions are also found.iAFGXY23!I!iIIIIIIIIIIIBCJ OJaQJaaJ ph5BOJaQJataJ phCJ6BCJOJaQJasaJphBCJOJaQJaaJph5BCJOJaQJataJph G3!I!aad78HsaaI! 1h à! ... Download