AlpsLe Alpi. A high arc across the north of Italy.
ApenninesGli Appennini. They run about 1,200 km down the peninsula.
SicilyLa Sicilia. The Mediterranean Sea's largest island.
SardiniaLa Sardegna. The Mediterranean Sea's second largest island.
CalabriaLa Calabria. A peninsula facing Sicily across the Strait of Messina.
Rivers and lakes 10
Po RiverIl Po. Italy's longest river, 652 km to the Adriatic.
Adige RiverL'Adige. Italy's second-longest river, after the Po.
Tiber RiverIl Tevere. Flows past Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Ticino RiverIl Ticino. Flows through Lake Maggiore, then joins the Po.
Dora BalteaLa Dora Baltea. Flows from the Aosta Valley into the Po.
Mincio RiverIl Mincio. Flows out of Lake Garda into the Po.
Ofanto RiverL'Ofanto. A river of southern Italy, ending near Barletta.
Lake GardaIl lago di Garda. The largest lake in Italy.
Lake MaggioreIl lago Maggiore. Shared by Italy and Switzerland.
Lake BraccianoIl lago di Bracciano. A volcanic lake northwest of Rome.
Seas 5
Mediterranean SeaIl mar Mediterraneo. The sea between Europe, Asia and Africa.
Tyrrhenian SeaIl mar Tirreno. Off Italy's west coast.
Adriatic SeaIl mare Adriatico. Separates the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula.
Ionian SeaIl mar Ionio. Between southern Italy and western Greece.
Ligurian SeaIl mar Ligure. An arm of the Mediterranean between Liguria and Corsica.
How this list was compiled: Names and outlines: Natural Earth 5.1.2 physical layers (credited under the drawing; they are the drawing, not a name source). Every name and detail line was read on 2026-10-01 in the opening of the feature's English Wikipedia article; the Italian name in the opening of the Italian Wikipedia article of the same feature, read the same day. Second source, a reference work, read 2026-10-01: for the five seas the Marine Regions gazetteer of the Flanders Marine Institute, whose records for the Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian, Ligurian and Mediterranean Seas are sea areas of the International Hydrographic Organization's Limits of Oceans and Seas (https://www.marineregions.org/rest/getGazetteerRecordsByName.json/Tyrrhenian%20Sea/ and the same call for the other four); for the mountains, islands, rivers and lakes the GeoNames gazetteer (https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=Fiume+Po&country=IT and the same search for each name), which holds the Alps, the Apennines, Calabria, Sicily, Sardinia, the Po, Tiber, Adige, Ticino, Dora Baltea, Mincio and Ofanto rivers, Lake Garda, Lake Maggiore and Lago di Bracciano, with the Italian names Mar Tirreno, Mare Adriatico, Mar Ionio, Mar Ligure and Mar Mediterraneo for the seas. Lake Maggiore: Natural Earth names this lake record Lago di Como, but its outline lies at 8.49 to 8.85 degrees east with the Ticino running through it; GeoNames puts Lake Maggiore at 46.01 N 8.71 E and Wikipedia says the Ticino flows through Lake Maggiore, so the lake is labeled Lake Maggiore and Como is not an accepted answer. Licence: own work
The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_regions_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_regions_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_geography_marine_polys (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_geography_marine_polys.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19; from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 41.8°N 12.6°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This blank physical map of Italy prints the peninsula and its two large islands with no region lines: the Alps, the Apennines, seven rivers, three lakes and five seas. Choose Numbered for a worksheet, or Named for the labeled map.
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A blank map of Italy with rivers
The sheet opens blank: the coast, the shaded mountains, seven river lines and three lakes, with nothing written on it. Numbered puts a number on each of the 20 features, and Named writes the names instead. Press Print this map; the answer key prints on a sheet of its own.
What the map leaves off
No region line, country border or city is drawn. Corsica, which is part of France, and the coast across the Adriatic are drawn without numbers. The Arno, Lake Como, Etna and Vesuvius are not in the map data.
The Ticino, the Dora Baltea and the Mincio all flow into the Po.
Lake Maggiore lies on the Ticino; the Mincio flows out of Lake Garda.
Questions and answers
What are the main mountain ranges of Italy?
The Alps, which arc across the north, and the Apennines, which run about 1,200 kilometers down the length of the peninsula. Single peaks such as Mont Blanc, Etna and Vesuvius are not on the map.
What is the longest river in Italy?
The Po, 652 kilometers from the Cottian Alps east to the Adriatic Sea. The Adige is the second longest, and the Tiber, the river of Rome, the third.
Is this a blank map of the Italian peninsula?
Yes. The sheet shows the whole peninsula from the Alps to Calabria, with Sicily and Sardinia beside it and the seas on every side.
Which seas surround Italy?
The Ligurian Sea in the northwest, the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast, the Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Adriatic Sea to the east. All four are parts of the Mediterranean Sea.