community mountain of the val di cecina
The Community mountain of the Val di Cecina is a community made up of 5 municipalities in the province of Pisa, including Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Monteverdi Marittimo, Pomarance and finally Volterra. The territory of the community includes the mountain basin of the river Cecina and also relieves the north and south in which the rivers was born, a tributary dell'Arno, and Cornia. The territory consists of hills obvious clayey typical of the entire region is characterized by rocky terrain and extensive forests. The district also composed by deposits of lead, zinc and silver on Cornate, while spostandoci in the area of geothermal Lardarello are concretions of sulphur and alum. Along the river the territory is characterized by the presence in the soil of plaster and alabaster, as well as some slower rock salt.