English name: Adriatic Sea
Location: It is located between Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, belonging to the Mediterranean Sea, and the south is connected with the Ionian Sea through strait of otranto.
Climate type: The sea area belongs to the Mediterranean climate, controlled by subtropical high in summer, with clear sky, abundant sunshine and high temperature and dryness. Winter is controlled by westerlies, with active cyclones, frequent rainy days and more precipitation on the east coast of the sea area. The precipitation on individual windward slopes is more than 4000 mm, while that on leeward slopes and west coast is less.
Important information: The Adriatic Sea is northwest-southeast, long and narrow, about 800 kilometers long and 95-225 kilometers wide, with an area of132,000 square kilometers. It is shallow in the north and deep in the south, with an average water depth of 240m and the maximum water depth in the south1324 m. The surface seawater temperature is 25℃ in summer and 10℃ in winter. The salinity in the north is 30‰ and that in the south is 38.5‰. Due to river injection in the north, the salinity of seawater is low, which is 3 ‰; The salinity in the south is 38‰.
Strategic position: it is an important channel for coastal countries and coastal countries to reach the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian oceans, which has important economic and strategic significance. The main ports are Trieste, Venice (Italy), Split, Rijeka (Croatia) and Duras (Albania).