Study site description: Rendina, Italy

Table of Contents

1. Responsible IP partner
2. General information
3. Bio-physical description
   1. Physiographic setting of the plots
   2. Geological information
   3. Annual rainfall and seasonality
   4. Main land uses
   5. Crops and cropping
   6. Natural vegetation
   7. Grazing
4. Land use management and degradation processes
5. Socio-economic description
6. Institutional and political setting
7. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups (at all levels)
8. Past and on-going projects
9. References
10. Annex: Soil characteristics of the Rendina Basin

Bio-physical description

The study site is a large watershed of 410 km² with complex physiographic, geomorphological, geological and pedological settings.