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

Physiographic setting of the plots

The main physiographic units in the basin are:

• complex mountain slopes, slightly to moderately steep
• ancient terraced alluvial cone, slightly steep
• mountain slopes, moderately to slightly steep
• ancient Pleistocene conglomerate deposits characterized by with flat summit surfaces and cliffs
• alluvial floodplains of the Ofanto river and Venosa torrent, almost flat
• fluvio-lacustrine terraces with strong incision by the Venosa torrent, numerous flat surfaces (fluvio-lacustrine flats)
• complex mountainslopes, steep to moderately steep
• undulating hillslopes

Figure 8: Soil map 1:250.000. Contains basic soil information as: type, texture, depth, fertility, map unit (indicated here as numerical code (6-7-9-11-14) (Source: E. A. C. Costantini, F. Urbano, G. L'Abate. SOIL REGIONS OF ITALY www.soilmaps.it Podis Basilicata http://basilicata.podis.it/ctr/ctr2.phtml)

Figure 9: Soil map of Rendina Basin (Classification WRB'98) (Source: E. A. C. Costantini, F. Urbano, G. L'Abate. SOIL REGIONS OF ITALY www.soilmaps.it Podis Basilicata http://basilicata.podis.it/ctr/ctr2.phtml)