Morphotectonic map of the Aventino-Lower Sangro valley (Abruzzo, Italy), scale 1:50,000.

This work presents the Morphotectonic map of the Aventino-Lower Sangro valley, located in the southern Abruzzi area, and extending from the Apennines chain to the eastern piedmont, from the Maiella Mountain to the Adriatic coast. The Morphotectonic map of the Aventino-Lower Sangro valley is the result of an extensive drainage basin scale geomorphological analysis carried out in the Abruzzi area (see also Miccadei et al., 2012) and incorporates four main sections: orography and hydrography section (upper right on the map); main morphotectonic map section (centre and left on the map); quaternary fluvial deposits and terraces section (right on the map); long morphotectonic profile section (lower right on the map). The map presented in this work provides a basis for the recognition of morphotectonic features at basin scale, the detection of tectonic control on landscape, and the reconstruction of paleo-landscapes. It contributes to defining the main phases of the post orogenic landscape evolution of the transition zone between the Apennines chain and the eastern piedmont area, resulting from the combination of alternating morphotectonics and surface processes, due rock uplift processes, local tectonics and slope and fluvial processes.