Adriatic Sea
When we say Adriatic Sea, we refer to the sea stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Venice Gulf. It separates the Apennine and Balkan peninsulas, and also the Apennine mountain from the Dinaric Alps. The western part of the coast belongs to Italy, while the biggest part of the east coast belongs to Croatia. Small parts of the eastern coastline belong to Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania.
Both sides carry the titles of notable tourist destinations. When it comes to statistics, we should say that it is about 160 km (99 miles) wide in its widest point while its length reaches 738 km (459 miles). Its total surface covers 138,595 km2 (53,511 miles2).
The deepest part of the sea, where the depth reaches 1200 meters (1312 yards), was measured south of D, a mountain in Italy and west of the Albanian city called Durres and reaches the point of 1233 meters (1348 yards). The northern part is pretty shallow but heading south, stopping by somewhere near Šibenik, waters seem to be deeper. Adriatic Sea is relatively warm, it never goes colder than 11°C (52°F).
One sea — two totally different coasts. The western coast appears to be poorly indented with a few islands while the eastern coast is very well indented. Thousands of islands are its trademark. Croatian coastline is mostly covered in karst, high mountains with some low land area in Zadar and Istria. Croatia has a very unique coastline which is known world wide as Dalmatinski tip obale (The Dalmatian Coastline Type).
Notable Italian cities situated on the Adriatic Sea coastline are Venice, Ancona, Bari, Ravenna, Pescara, Rimini. As we stated before, the eastern coast is well indented with two large peninsulas – Istria and PeljeÅ¡ac, and thousands of islands. A few of the relevant cities situated on the eastern coastline are the Italian city of Trieste; Slovenian cities Portorož, Piran, Koper and Izola; numerous Croatian cities such as Rijeka, Opatija, Umag, Poreč, Rovinj, Senj, Zadar, Å ibenik, Trogir, Split, Makarska, Ploče, Dubrovnik; Bosnian Neum; Albanian Durres, and a few cities of Montenegro — Ulcinj, Kotor, Bar, Herceg Novi and Budva.
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