North Italian Plain

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water resources

  • Map showing the countries of Europe with national capitals and surrounding bodies of water, including the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.
    In Europe: Water resources

    …which receives ample rain; the North Italian Plain, which has Alpine rivers, lakes, and springs and receives summer rain; and the Apennine zone of Italy, which has rivers fed by snowmelt and rain. In the east, surface water is relatively abundant in Belarus and central and northern Russia, but it…

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