Global InformationIvrea Morainic Amphitheatre information
| Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre | |
|---|---|
 AMI satellite photo; in dark green the hills at the outlet of the Aosta Valley on the Po Valley | |
| Highest point | |
| Coordinates | 45°27′54″N 7°52′30″E / 45.465°N 7.875°E |
| Geography | |
  Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre Piedmont, Italy | |
The Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre (sometimes abbreviated as AMI) is a moraine relief of glacial origin located in the Canavese region.[note 1] Administratively, it encompasses the metropolitan city of Turin and, more marginally, the province of Biella and the province of Vercelli. It dates back to the Quaternary period and was created by the transport of sediment to the Po Valley that took place during the glaciations by the great glacier that ran through the Dora Baltea valley. With an area of more than 500 km2, it is one of the best-preserved geomorphological units of this type in the world.[1] As an extension, it is surpassed in Italy only by the similar formation surrounding Lake Garda.[2] The name amphitheater, usually given to these geomorphological structures, refers to their characteristic elliptical shape that is noticeable when it is shown as a plan on a map.
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- ^ "Il territorio". Comunità Collinare "Piccolo Anfiteatro Morenico Canavesano". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "Sito ufficiale della Regione Piemonte". Retrieved November 10, 2010.[permanent dead link]