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Adriatic Sea

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The Adriatic Sea spans 800 km in a northwest-to-southeast direction and has a surface area of 138600 km².[1][2]

Geography and history

The average depth is 259.5 m, and the maximum depth is 1233 m.[3] The North Adriatic basin rarely exceeds a depth of 100 m.[3] The Adriatic Sea and Po Valley are associated with a tectonic microplate that separated from the African Plate during the Mesozoic era.[4][5] The Adriatic's surface temperature usually ranges from 22 to 30 °C in summer and 12 to 14 °C in winter.[6][7]

During classical times, the body of water called Mare Adriaticum typically stretched from the Gulf of Venice down to the Strait of Otranto.[8] The Adriatic's drainage basin covers 235000 km²; among the major rivers that empty into it are the Po, Soča, Krka, and Neretva.[9] The separation of the Adriatic microplate from the African Plate began in the Middle and Late Triassic, when limestone began to be deposited in the area.[4][5]

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The main sources of radioactive contamination of the Adriatic Sea are fallout from past nuclear weapon testing and the Chernobyl accident.[10] The Montenegro seismological observatory records that the 1979 Montenegro earthquake had a Richter magnitude of 7.0 and caused catastrophic destruction.[12] The same source places the epicenter of that earthquake in the Adriatic Sea, between Ulcinj and Bar.[12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Adriatic Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cushman-Roisin Gačić Poulain 2001, p. 1–2; "Limits of Oceans and Seas", International Hydrographic Organization, 1953, p. 17 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Adriatic Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cushman-Roisin Gačić Poulain 2001, p. 1–2; Lipej Dulčić 2004, p. 291 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Adriatic Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blake Topalović Schofield 1996, p. 1–5 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Adriatic Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Surić, "Submerged Karst – Dead or Alive? Examples from the eastern Adriatic Coast (Croatia)", Geoadria, June 2005, p. 5–19 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Maša Surić, "Potopljeni krš – živ ili mrtav? Primjeri s istočne obale Jadrana (Hrvatska)", Geoadria (2017), doi:10.15291/geoadria.71. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Adriatic Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Artegiani, "The Adriatic Sea General Circulation. Part I: Air–Sea Interactions and Water Mass Structure", Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1997, p. 1492–1514; Zore-Armanda 1979, p. 43; Lionello Malanotte-Rizzoli Boscolo 2006, p. 47–53; "Led okovao svjetionik, u Tisnom smrznulo more", RTL Televizija, 16 December 2010; Lipej Dulčić 2004, p. 291; Zore-Armanda 1979, p. 43; Artegiani, "The Adriatic Sea General Circulation. Part I: Air–Sea Interactions and Water Mass Structure", Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1997, p. 1492–1514; Lipej Dulčić en.wikipedia.org
  7. A. Artegiani, "The Adriatic Sea General Circulation. Part I: Air–Sea Interactions and Water Mass Structure", Journal of Physical Oceanography (1997), doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1492:tasgcp>2.0.co;2. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Adriatic Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Calmet Taylor 1830, p. 53–54; Anthon 2005, p. 20; Tacitus 1853, p. 380; "Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature", Harper & Bros., 1880 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Adriatic Sea" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ludwig, "River discharges of water and nutrients to the Mediterranean and Black Sea: Major drivers for ecosystem changes during past and future decades?", Progress in Oceanography, 2009, p. 199; "Drainage Basin of the Mediterranean Sea", United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; Bombace 1992, p. 379–382 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Franić, "Marine Radioecology and Waste Management in the Adriatic", Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, September 2006, p. 347–352. facts only, no text reused. hrcak.srce.hr
  11. Sekulić, "Koliko je Jadran doista opterećen antropogenim i prirodnim unosom tvari?", Hrvatski geografski glasnik, December 1997. facts only, no text reused. hrcak.srce.hr
  12. "Historical Seismicity of Montenegro", Montenegro seismological observatory. facts only, no text reused. seismo.co.me

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