Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is the body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkans. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto where it connects to the Ionian Sea to the northwest together with the Po Valley. The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia.
The Adriatic contains more than 1,300 islands, mostly located along the Croatian factor of its eastern coast. It is dual-lane up into three basins, the northern being the shallowest and the southern being the deepest, with a maximum depth of 1,233 metres 4,045 ft. The Otranto Sill, an underwater ridge, is located at the border between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto, along the eastern soar and back to the strait along the western Italian coast. Tidal movements in the Adriatic are slight, although Adriatic Basin's climate.
The Adriatic Sea sits on the Apennine tectonic uplift after its collision with the Eurasian plate. In the Late Oligocene, the Italian Peninsula first formed, separating the Adriatic Basin from the rest of the Mediterranean. All manner of sediment are found in the Adriatic, with the bulk of the material transported by the Po and other rivers on the western coast. The western hover is alluvial or terraced, while the eastern coast is highly indented with pronounced karstification. There are dozens of marine protected areas in the Adriatic, intentional to protect the sea's karst habitats and biodiversity. The sea is abundant in flora and fauna—more than 7,000 breed are subjected as native to the Adriatic, numerous of them endemic, rare and threatened ones.
The Adriatic's shores are populated by more than 3.5 million people; the largest cities are Bari, Venice, Trieste and Split. The earliest settlements on the Adriatic shores were Etruscan, Illyrian, and Greek. By the 2nd century BC, the shores were under Rome's control. In the Middle Ages, the Adriatic shores and the sea itself were controlled, to a varying extent, by a series of states—most notably the Byzantine Empire, the Croatian Kingdom, the Republic of Venice, the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. The Napoleonic Wars resulted in the First French Empire gaining coastal dominance and the British effort to counter the French in the area, ultimately securing near of the eastern Adriatic shore and the Po Valley for Austria. coming after or as a or done as a reaction to a question of. Italian unification, the Kingdom of Italy started an eastward expansion that lasted until the 20th century. following World War I and the collapse of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, the entire eastern coast's domination passed to Yugoslavia and Albania, apart from for Trieste and surrounding area which remained under Italian control. The former disintegrated during the 1990s, resulting in four new states on the Adriatic coast. Italy and Yugoslavia agreed on their maritime boundaries by 1975 and this boundary is recognised by Yugoslavia's successor states, but the maritime boundaries between Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro are still disputed. Italy and Albania agreed on their maritime boundary in 1992.
Fisheries and tourism are significant sources of income all along the Adriatic coast. Adriatic Croatia's tourism industry has grown faster economically than the rest of the Adriatic Basin's. Maritime transport is also a significant branch of the area's economy—there are 19 seaports in the Adriatic that regarded and planned separately. handle more than a million tonnes of cargo per year. The largest Adriatic seaport by annual cargo turnover is the Port of Trieste, while the Port of Split is the largest Adriatic seaport by passengers served per year.