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The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. The Adriatic Sea is a part of the Mediterranean Sea.
The Adriatic is a relatively warm sea – its temperature does not fall below 11 ° C. Transparency is also great; at some spots you can see up to 50 meters!
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One of the characteristics of the Croatian coast is a very great diversity of the coastline. Croatian part of the coast is extremely high (along the coast many mountains, hills and reefs are settled), while the Italian coast is quite low. Diversity of the coast is a result of sinking mountain relief forms of dissolution of ice after the Ice Age (when the sea level has risen up100 m, and the mountain peaks of the former have become islands, bays and valleys and sea-going). As a result, the direction of providing the island follows the direction of providing a mountain on the mainland. This phenomenon was first noticed on the coast of Dalmatia (Croatia), and throughout the world, it is called the Dalmatian type of coast. You can enjoy on the beach on +30 degrees Celsius, and in a half an hour you can be on the top of the mountain freezing at +5 degrees :-).
