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Adriatic Sea: tags: [geography]

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Definition:

a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula and the Apennine Mountains from the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. 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, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia.
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They slept till noon in their tiny room in a small albergo near the beach, then gathered their towels, sunscreen, water bottles, and paperbacks and stumbled, still groggy, to the edge of the Adriatic Sea, where they set up camp for the afternoon.

John Grisham. Playing for Pizza, p.256 (2007)

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I was promoted to be a major, and every Allied government gave me a decoration — even Montenegro, little Montenegro down on the Adriatic Sea!

F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby

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The day was so clear and bright that they could see the faint outlines of the Dalmatian coast across the Adriatic.

Jonathan Harr. The Lost Painting, p.48 (2006)