Apennines
More than likely you're talking about the Apennines that run down the center of the country but the the Alps are also in the north.
The mountains that run along the length of peninsular Italy are called the 'Apennines' or 'Apennine Mountains
The Apennines
the apennies mountains
The mountains that form the backbone of Italy are the Apennine Mountains.
Apennines or Apennine mountain range is a series of mountain ranges (chains), bordered by narrow coast-lands that form the physical backbone of the Italian peninsula.
Their total length is 870miles approx. and run from the Cadibona Pass in the Northwest and extend to Egadi Islands to the west of Sicily.
The highest peak at 9554ft is Mount Corno.
the appennine
The backbone of Italy is made of mountain ranges. The mountain ranges are called the Italian Appennino or the Apennine Range or just the Apennines.
The mountains that run along the length of peninsular Italy are called the 'Apennines' or 'Apennine Mountains'.
There is no mountain range that forms the backbone of the UK but the Pennines are the backbone of England.
The Appenines mountain range runs through most of the Italian Peninsula.
Rocky Mountains
The best known mountain range in Russia is the Urals. It could be called the backbone of Russia.
The Italian Alps.
The mountain range forming the backbone of the United Kingdom is the Pennines.
The most popular mountain range in Italy is the Apennine Mountains. Another famous mountain range in Italy is the Italian Alps.
The Apennines mountains 830 miles long are like the backbone of Italy. They run almost the entire length of Italy and end near the island of Sicily.
Apennine Range
the Pennine chain