The map- territory of Castelvetrano can be found in the table
in scale 1:25000 of the sheet 257 I I SO of the M.G.I. Coordinates: 37°41'32" N,
12°47'33" E. It is situated in Sicily, in the province
of Trapani, in the middle section of
the Belice Valley. It extends from its outback , the
Trinity lake (Lago della Trinità), to the coast at the mouth of Modione Selino
river, in the south-western part of Sicily.
It borders the following municipalities: Menfi, Partanna, Santa Ninfa,
Campobello. From a morphological point of view,
the area is quite hilly with reliefs usually higher than 100 m above sea level. The
geological formation, including the territory, is known as “Marnoso- arenacea “ of the Belice Valley
(inferior and superior Pliocene) , outcropping along the canyons carved by the
rivers, but the rest is covered by Pleistocene
calcareniti and calciruditi deposits.
Climate
The climatic zone characterized by daily mild temperatures
and by the consequent necessity of sunshine hours is of C typeThe climate
is characterized by mild winters and by long, warm summers. Fog is quite
common, above all in summer (because of
the humidity in the area) and low rainfall is concentrated in the winter months.
The temperature of January and February hardly ever goes below 5 °C while in the summer
months , in June, July and August it can go above 45° C.
Nessun commento:
Posta un commento