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Itineraries
Another severe threat to local environments is the intense soil ero-
sion affecting the mountain slopes, due to overgrazing by cows and
introduced boars and to increasingly frequent wildfires.
The top of Mt. Cofano (seen from Erice) emerging from orographic clouds arising from the sea.
Moisture arising from the sea condensates very frequently on the top of the coastal mountains of
NW Sicily, due to the steep thermic gradient which buffers the summer drought, promoting the
growth of a luxuriant rock-dwelling vegetation (Asplenietalia glandulosi; Geranio-Cardamine-
talia hirsutae). This condensation is frequently seen at dusk and lasts up to the early morning.
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