The Forame spring is sited at the foothill of Montello, a karstic area of 12 sqkm in NE Italy. The hill is highly forested, the average elevation is 100-300 m.
Surface topography is characterised by dolinas and blynd valleys.
After the II World War some places in the forest have been occupied by military bases for various purposes. In an area upslope the source, some underground fuel storages have been digged. The reservoirs were hidden in the natural dolinas, covered by concrete roofs with green grass on top. In 1973 one of these tanks was destroyed during a severe storm by two flashes, losing its entire content of 2000 ton of gasoline. The spring is located 400 m from the destroyed tank.