Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Sila
Sila Biosphere Reserve is located in Calabria a Southern Italy region in the heart of the Mediterranean and covers approximately 1700 Km2 It includes the Sila National Park PNS The Sila area is a large rectangular upland containing the main mountains of the Sila uplands found in the central part of the Calabria Region The uplands form a magnificent and mature erosion surface with softcontoured mountains scattered with higher mountain chains and peaks from which the main rivers of the region descend Crati Tacina Neto Trionto Savuto Corace etc There are glacial moraines between the altitudes of 1600m and 1750m on Mount Botte Donato as well as several springs lakes and seasonal lakes The plateau consists of many different landscapes stretching across over 400000 hectares of alluvial plains and valleys The hilly terraced terrain alternates with extensively flat areas and peaks that can reach up to nearly 2000m which is where the forest is the most predominant and peculiar element
Italy