On the top of the Monte Ferru, the biggest volcano ever existed in Sardinia

The biggest volcano of Sardinia, the Ferru mountain, has given the name to the area of the Muntiferru, which is bordering south and south-east on the Arborea, north and north-west on the Marghine-Planargia and west on the Sea of Sardinia. The particularly steep forms of this territory (a large part also of the coast) are especially explained by the old and intense eruptive activity of the volcano, extincted from millions years. The tallest peak is that of the Urtigu mountain (1050 meters), followed by Pertusu mountain (920 meters).

Compressed by the highlands of Abbasanta, Campeda and Planargia, the relief of the Muntiferru fits into the flat of the provinces of Oristano and Sassari. Among the flows of water that run across the region, the most important is the Mannu rill: from Santu Lussurgiu arrives to the pond of Cabras, in the Sinai peninsula. However, the subterranean water-bearing layer of the Muntiferru are rich of water because they receive big purchasing from the rains between autumm an the beginning of the spring. Between the Muntiferru and the Barigadu there is the Omodeo lake, the biggest catch basin in Italy.

In wintertime, this area is interested by heavy snowfalls, which cover the countrysides and the residential areas over the 600 meters, all this makes more fascinating one of the most lovely environment of Sardinia. Cuglieri, Ghilarza and Santu Lussurgiu are the most important centres of the Montiferru.