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themed walk: Rivers and lakes / River Simeto

River dell'ambra - Near the town of Maniace, the confluence of rivers Cutò, Hammer and Saracen, from Nebrodi, originated the Simeto, the river increased by extension Sicilian river basin. The river is a regime torrents and the whole course is in the province of Catania. From the source, the course of Simeto proceed south, encased in a spectacular stretch ingolato material consists of lava from eruptions of Etna, the so-called Lava patterns Ravine. Of great interest and morphological landscape is the Command Pietralunga Simeto River, which forms part of common Biancavilla, Centuripe and Paternò. Some nature reserves are housed in the territories crossed by the river basin Simeto and highlight the peculiarities of the Sicilian towns in the hinterland. So the municipalities of Nicosia, with the Cathedral of St. Nicholas and his famous and ancient painted wooden ceiling, Valguarnera, Sperlinga, medieval village of the most beautiful in Italy, and Piazza Armerina, city by the splendid mosaics. Around the mouth of Simeto wetlands there are some very interesting and natural landscape. They represent only a small part of the marsh areas that previously were in plain of Catania. Much of this environment is now part of the natural reserve "Oasis of Simeto" established to improve conditions for the stopover and breeding wildlife and conservation and restoration of vegetation of dunes and wetlands. At the mouth of Simeto, pausing along the shoreline, especially after a heavy sea, you can still collect amber or Simet, a fossil resin already known in prehistoric times, now widely used in jewelry.

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