The most impressive mountain of the Picentini takes its name from the deers, numerous in the past but disappeared nowadays. The Picentini is one of the highest mountains in Campania . the Cervialto.
Already used since the Neanderthals era, as several worked stone tools testimony prove, the Ariano Saddle is the Apennine pass which in correspondence of the plateau of Camporeale, at an altitude of 600 meters, connects the Ufita-Miscano basin to the Cervaro Valley.
The Monti del Partenio, also known as Monti di Avella, are identified by three ridges, organised in east/west directions and separated by deep valleys.
Located in the northern part of the range of Picentini, the Terminio (1806 meters) is only three meters lower than the Cervialto and it dominates the valley of the river Sabato, while it gently decreases towards the valley of Calore Irpino.
The Mounts of Daunia take their name from the region of Puglia, corresponding to the ancient land of the Dauni, where they rise for the most part, while other parts of the chain are in the provinces of Avellino, Benevento and Campobasso.
The Monti Picentini are a mountain range of the Campanian Apennines where you can identify about fifteen peaks, from the highest Monte Cervialto (1809 m) to the lowest Altillo (1430 m)
It is the second river of Southern Italy due to its volume of water. The Sele (64 km) rises on the north-eastern part of the Monte Plafagone (foothill of the Cervialto), at an altitude of 420 meters, in the district of Caposele.