Parco dei Colli di Bergamo is a natural park in the Province of Bergamo

Province of Bergamo

The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...

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Geography

The park has a surface of 47 km² and covers part of the city of Bergamo

Bergamo

Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

 and surrounding municipalities. The largest part of the surface of the park is covered by woods

Coppicing

Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management which takes advantage of the fact that many trees make new growth from the stump or roots if cut down. In a coppiced wood, young tree stems are repeatedly cut down to near ground level...

. The fauna of the park has:Fox

Fox

Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...

, European Badger and others mammals, European Robin

European Robin

The European Robin , most commonly known in Anglophone Europe simply as the Robin, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family , but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher...

 is the most widespread bird.
The highest point of the park is Canto Alto

Canto Alto

Canto Alto is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It is located within the Bergamo Alps....

 at 1144 meters over the sea the lowest point is at 244 meters.
The parks is crossed by rivers Morla

Morla

Morla is a 16 Km long river in province of Bergamo.Its source is located in Maresana in the municipality of Ponteranica, then Morla crosses the city of Bergamo, after Bergamo part of its waters are used in agricolture. Morla is a tributary of Serio....

 and Quisa

Quisa

Quisais 13 km long river in province of Bergamo.Its source is located at the foothill of Canto Alto in the municipality of Sorisole, the river then crosses the municipality of Almè, Paladina, Mozzo and Ponte San Pietro where his waters enter in the Brembo River....

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