Italy - a predominantly mountainous country.
In the north - the southern slopes of the Alps with the highest point in Western Europe, Mount Blanc (4808 m), south - Padanskaya plain; on the peninsula - the mountains of the Apennines (the highest point - Mount Corno Grande, 2914 m). Similarly the Apennines are divided into: Ligurian, Toscano-Emilianskie, Umbro-Markskie, Abruzzi, Campanian, Lukanskie, Calabrian Apennines and the mountains Sabini. Even in the eastern part of the peninsula is the Gargano peninsula, south-east and south-west of the peninsula Salentina and Calabria, respectively. Active volcanoes - (Vesuvius, Etna); frequent earthquakes.
Washing of the sea - from the east the peninsula is washed by the Adriatic Sea to the Gulf of Venice in its northern part. Strait of Otranto between Puglia and Albania joins the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian. Between Apulia and Calabria is deeply embedded in the land the Gulf of Taranto. Very narrow Strait of Messina separates Sicily from Calabria and Sicily (or Tunisian) wide Strait of 135 kilometers - Sicily from North Africa. Tyrrhenian Sea is a triangular-shaped pool surrounded by Sardinia, Corsica, Tuscan Archipelago, the Apennines and Sicily. To the north of Corsica, Ligurian Sea is located in the Gulf of Genoa.
In the north-eastern part of the island of Sicily there are mountains Nebrodi, and in the south-western part of the island of Sardinia plain Campidano.
Most of the small islands divided into archipelagos, such as Tuscan Archipelago, which includes the island of Elba, which was exiled Napoleon Bonaparte.
The longest river in Italy by, its length - 682 km. The largest lake - Lake Garda.