The Monte Mutria is a mountain in the Matese

Matese

The Matese is a chain of mountains in central Italy, central-southern Apennines.-Geography:...

 mountain range, part of the central-southern Apennines, southern Italy

Italy

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. Having an altitude of 1,822 m, it is located in the eastern part of the massif, on the boundary betwwwen Molise

Molise

Molise is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions. It was formerly part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise and now a separate entity...

 and Campania

Campania

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Its peak commands the valleys of the rivers Tammaro

Tammaro

The Tammaro is a river in southwestern Italy, with a length of 78 kilometres and catchment area of 673 square kilometres. It rises in the Sella del Vinchiaturo in the Apennine Mountains and is a tributary of the Calore Irpino river. In ancient times it was known by the Latin name...

 easthwards, Calore Irpino southwards, Volturno

Volturno

The Volturno is a river in south-central Italy.-Geography:It rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium near Rocchetta a Volturno and flows southeast as far as its junction with the Calore River near Caiazzo and runs south as far as Venafro, and then turns southwest, past Capua, to...

 westwards, and the both the Tyrrhennian

Tyrrhenian Sea

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 and the Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

s are visibile from it. In ancient times, it was a sacred place to the Italic tribe of the Samnites.

The Molisan side have wide woods of pines and beeches, while the Campanians side is more rocky, with parts characterized by Karst topography

Karst topography

Karst topography is a geologic formation shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite, but has also been documented for weathering resistant rocks like quartzite given the right conditions.Due to subterranean drainage, there...

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