The Monti della Meta are a massif of central
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
located around the junction point of the boundaries between the regions of
Lazio
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Abruzzo and
Molise
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. The major of three massifs of the
Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise
Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park ( Italian: ''Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise'') is an Italian national park established in 1923. The majority of the park is located in the Abruzzo region, with smaller parts in Lazio and Molise. I ...
, they take their name from one of the peaks,
Monte Meta.
Overview
The massif covers a map area of about , with a minimum elevation of , a maximum elevation of and a mean elevation of .
All the highest peaks (including the
Monte Petroso, 2,247 m, Monte Cavallo, 2,039 m and Monte Mare, 2,020 m) show traces of
Quaternary glaciation
The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation, is an alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods during the Quaternary period that began 2.58 Ma (million years ago) and is ongoing. Although geologists describ ...
. Valleys in the chain include those of the
Melfa
The Melfa is a river in Lazio, Italy. It rises in the Monti della Meta, flows south-west for about and joins the Liri near San Giovanni Incarico.''Carta stradale: Lazio 1:200000''. Istituto Geografico DeAgostini. .
The source of the Melfa iss ...
and
Mollarino rivers in the
province of Frosinone
The Province of Frosinone ( it, Provincia di Frosinone) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy, with 91 ''comuni'' (singular: ''comune''; see Comuni of the Province of Frosinone). Its capital is the city of Frosinone. It has an area of ...
, and the Rio Torto in the
province of L'Aquila
The Province of L'Aquila ( it, Provincia dell'Aquila) is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the Abruzzo region of Central Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part of ...
.
The southern part of the massif, on the boundary between Molise and Lazio, is the
Monti delle Mainarde. Here, historically, the human presence has been not seasonal as in the highest slopes.
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Mountains of Abruzzo
Mountains of Lazio
Mountains of Molise