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The Adriatic Sea (/ ˌeɪdriˈætɪk /) is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. 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 and the Po Valley. The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania ...
Sep 1, 2024 · 01 The Adriatic Sea stretches approximately 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the northwest to the southeast. 02 It is bordered by Italy to the west and Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Albania to the east. 03 The sea covers an area of about 138,600 square kilometers (53,500 square miles).
The Adriatic Sea separates Italy from the Balkan Peninsula of Eastern Europe. It was probably named after the port town of Adria, which prospered during ancient Roman times. The Adriatic is about 500 miles (800 kilometers) long and has an average width of 100 miles (160 kilometers). Its maximum depth is 4,100 feet (1,250 meters).
Sep 24, 2019 · The long-lost continent of Greater Adria, which broke off from Northern Africa about 240 million years ago and began slipping beneath southern Europe about 100 million years ago. (Douwe van ...
Sep 11, 2019 · The lost continent "Greater Adria" emerged about 240 million years ago, after it broke off from Gondwana, a southern supercontinent made up of Africa, Antarctica, South America, Australia and ...
The rivieras of Adria stretch out on the banks of an internal branch of the Canalbianco, which runs further south and is part of the important Fissero-Tartaro-Canalbianco waterway that connects Mantua to the Adriatic. The rivieras constituted the fulcrum of city trade and were used as docks by the numerous ships transporting goods (above all ...
Animals have different types of musculoskeletal systems. Arthropods, or jointed animals, include insects and spiders as well as crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters. These animals have an exoskeleton. This means that some form of hardened shell, or an exterior (exo) skeleton, covers their interior parts.
