ヴァッレ・ロメリナの天然記念物・トップ6

Nice reserve for off-roading.

Beautiful view along the Po

the great river; in front, further upstream, the area of the confluence of the Sesia and the Po, where between November and February thousands of cranes stop; in the distance, Monte Rosa

The Po river From where it originates to where it dies, 6000,000 inhabitants, fantastic natural beauty

The bumps are tiny hills, generally sandy, which until a few decades ago characterized the landscape of our Lomelline countryside. Most of these very modest reliefs have been leveled to make way for poplar groves and rice fields and the only testimony that remains of them is, in many cases, the ups and downs of the country roads which gives those who walk them the amazement of finding some meters above the level of the cultivated countryside. In the area of the bumps, the alternation of hollows and ridges is visible which testifies to how the surface of our plain has been shaped by the continuous changes in the paths of the rivers, by the incessant work of streams, as well as by the erosion caused by atmospheric agents. Those who pass through Lomellina, after having crossed long stretches of very flat countryside, are pleasantly surprised to discover, in the heart of these centers, small hills flanked by old houses or ancient churches overlooking gently sloping churchyards.

Originally the Lomellina was covered by broad-leaved woods dominated by English oak which alternated with marshes and swamps in the more humid areas and sandy bumps in the raised areas on draining substrates. This last element of the landscape in particular is very interesting. Analogous in terms of antiquity and method of formation to the great sand dunes of the central European hinterland (Netherlands, Germany, Poland), the "bumps" of Lomellina, also called "sabbioni", were sand dunes subject to remodeling by the wind. The formation of the deposits that originated the bumps dates back to the recent Diluvium, the period in which the rivers originating from the melting of the ice caps that covered northern Italy during the last glaciation carried an enormous amount of debris downstream (Boni 1947) . The action of the wind buried the largest and heaviest debris - stones and pebbles - under the sand, which was modeled into dunes and bumps. To date, some small wrecks survive near Cergnago and Remondò, where the bumpy morphology, albeit increasingly hidden by woodland vegetation, which has now almost completely colonized them, can still be appreciated with a little spirit of observation.

In the immense expanse of paddy fields of the Pavese and Novara areas, a biological entity of extraordinary interest has survived, saved from the dangers of destruction that instead hit the nearby area of the Rogge Guida and Raina springs, which still retain considerable environmental values. Sensitive to the solicitations of the scientific and environmental world, the Lombardy Region has established an oriented nature reserve in the central part of the area since 1984, entrusting its management to the Province of Pavia. The Loja Swamp is located in Lomellina, between the municipalities of S. Angelo and Zeme Lomellina and represents a flooded forest relic with black Alder, once a widespread habitat in swampy depressions with still waters, in the sortuminous soils and in the lower fluvial terraces of the old waterways, throughout the area. The dominant tree species is the black alder rarely associated with English oak, white poplar, white willow, willow, field maple, white hornbeam, pear and wild apple and some specimens of elm, a species decayed by graphiosis. In the undergrowth among the most significant species the Hawthorn, the Hazel, the Blackthorn, the Sanguine, while the herbaceous vegetation has among the most important species the Salcerella, the Water Yarrow, the yellow iris, the Reed of the marsh, the Mazzasorda greater or Tifa, the Nannufaro and some species of Sedge. The fauna includes about fifteen species of mammals including the Shrew, the Moscardino, the Weasel, the Polecat and the Nutria, rodent of South American origin which probably escaped some breeding. The varied environment determines a truly extraordinary presence of birds, with species linked to running waters, woods and uncultivated or arable land. We report only some of them, from the Ardeidae to the Kingfisher, from the numerous Anatidae to the Cavaliere d'Italia, to the Canareccione, to the Moorhen, to the Greater Spotted Woodpecker. The reptiles and amphibians are noted, among others, with the presence of the Grass Snake, the Snake, the Triton, the Frog of Lataste. In the waters live the brook lamprey and the crayfish, while among the fish one can observe the Pike, the Tench, the Carp, the Rudd, the Bleak, the Common Cobite and the Masked Cobite. Thousands of insect species, including the now rare Carabus clathratus. The Pro Natura oasis extends over 10 hectares made up of the wood that develops along the outflow shaft of the Cavo Solero and Roggia Raia.