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Mountains, rivers, lakes, trees, earth, stone.

lago.jpgThe past glaciations and karst phenomena have marked the morphology of the mountain environment. The rock is calcareous.
The Sangro is the Park main river and has its very sources in the Park. The Melfa, the Giovenco and the Volturno flow at the edges of the protection area. In the Park or in its vicinity there are some interesting natural lakes like the Lake Vivo, the Lake Pantaniello and the Lake of Scanno and also some artificial basins, among which we count the Lake of Barrea and the Lake of the Montagna Spaccata.
In the valleys, furrowed by rivers, we can admire a lush riparian vegetation with poplars, willows and alders. Higher on, we find the typical species of the Apennine mountain woods, among which the Beech is the predominant one. But mingled with beeches there are also examples of Sycamore Maple, Sorb, Laburnum, Hazel, Wild Apple-tree, Wild Pear and Wild Cherry-tree, and, rarely of Holly. Local pinewoods of Black Pine can be seen in Villetta Barrea and the Camosciara.
In Spring and Summer the Park is covered with several colours. The meadowlands are full of blossoming gentians, blue gentians, violets, peonies and forget-me-nots and the beech-woods are full of columbines and Marsican irises. montagna.jpgThe pride of the Park is the Cypripedium calceolus, a kind of yellow and black orchid generally called Venus's little shoe or Our lady's slipper. The Park can be visited in every season. Guided tours along equipped Nature paths are available. The most popular nature paths, by reason of their beautiful scenery, originate in the heart of the Park, i.e. in the Camosciara and Val Fondillo.

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