Description of a natural park presented by students of Liceo Basile

1. Natural Reserve
of Zingaro
The park of Zingaro is located in the heart of
the gulf of Castellamare, with charming
Marine colves and depth full of life.

2. •The park has an extension of 1600 hectares.
•It is a protected area and owes its name to the
event of a group of people who claimed the
establishment of the reserve headed by
representatives of the WWF, ‘’Italia Nostra’’,
league environment and the responsible of the
company regional forest Franco Russo.

3. Mediterranean Maquis
The Mediterranean maquis is the typic
bios of Mediterranean locality such as
Sardegna, Corsica and Sicily. This type of
environment is characterized by warm, dry
summers and mild, rainy winters. This
greatly affects the vegetation, which is
then characterized by low plants, woody,
perennial, to solid type structure, that is,
with small leaves and adapted to
withstand the harsh summer drought.
For this reason, the Mediterranean is also
called "forest sclerophyllous" (skleros =
hard, phyllon = leaf).
The total annual rainfall is about 250-500
mm and mostly affects the winter months.
In summer, the average monthly
temperature is often above 20 ° C and in
this biome in winter frost is very rare.

4. The Plant Life
The vegetation highlights the hot-arid climate, there are areas of
the wildernesses and areas with euphoria, ceracchi and carob.

5. There is also the ‘’Dwarf Palm’’, The Myrtle Plant and Broom,
Flowers of Daffodils and Marigolds

6. The Wildlife
The fauna is rich; foxes, porcuspines and wild rabbits live here.

7. Among the birds there are at least 40 species:
•The Red Kite
•The Peregrin Falcon
•The Eagle of Bonelli
•The Lesser Kestrel
•The vulture

8. Other Animals
We can also observed other animales like:
•Frogs •Crabs
•Butterflies

9. This park, like others in Sicily, are really important because
they represent an uncontaminated and keep alive protected
species of animals in danger of extinction to be preserved at
any cost.
PRESERVE THE NATURE

10. Realizzato da:
•Casisa Francesco
•De Luca Carmelo
•Scavio Rosario