Adriatic Sea
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The Adriatic Sea is a sea . It is classified as a seabodyofwater.
Key Facts
- Country: Italy[3], Slovenia[4], Croatia[5], Montenegro[6], Albania[7], Bosnia and Herzegovina[8]
- Instance of: drainage basin[9]
- Shares border with: Italy[10], Balkans[11]
- Named after: Adria[12]
- Inflows: Adige[13], Aoös[14], Brenta[15], Drin[16], Neretva[17], Ofanto[18], Piave[19], Po[20], Reno[21], Shkumbin[22], Tagliamento[23], Trebišnjica[24], Aso[25], Aterno-Pescara[26]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Adriatic Sea include State road 16[27], a road[28], in Italy[29]; Trans Adriatic Pipeline[30], a gas pipeline[31], in Albania[32], headquartered in Baar[33]; Adriatic Plate[34], a tectonic plate[35]; Adriatic Highway[36], a thoroughfare[37], in Croatia[38]; it basin[39], a sea basin[40], in Italy[41]; Adriatic Croatia[42], a NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity[43], in Croatia[44]; Adriosaurus[45], a fossil taxon[46]; and 143 Adria[47], an asteroid[48].
Why It Matters
Adriatic Sea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for it include State road 16[27], a road[28], in Italy[29]; Trans Adriatic Pipeline[30], a gas pipeline[31], in Albania[32], headquartered in Baar[33]; Adriatic Plate[34], a tectonic plate[35]; Adriatic Highway[36], a thoroughfare[37], in Croatia[38]; it basin[39], a sea basin[40], in Italy[41]; and Adriatic Croatia[42], a NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity[43], in Croatia[44].