Gulf of Trieste
| Gulf of Trieste | ||
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 Satellite image of the Gulf of Trieste |
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| Waters | the Adrian Sea | |
| Land mass | Southern Europe | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 40 ′ N , 13 ° 35 ′ E | |
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| width | approx. 25 km | |
| depth | approx. 25 km | |
| surface | 550 km² | |
| Coastline | 46.6 | |
| Greatest water depth | 37 m | |
| Medium water depth | 18 m | |
| Islands | no | |
| Tributaries | Isonzo , Timavo / Reka , Rižana | |
The Gulf of Trieste , in Italian Golfo di Trieste , Slovenian Tržaški zaliv , Croatian Tršćanski zaljev , is a bay in the northeastern part of the Adriatic .
Geography and description
The largest city on the coast of the bay - Trieste - is also its namesake. The coastline of the Gulf of Trieste extends on the Upper Adriatic from the Isonzo estuary on the Grado peninsula ( Italy ), through the towns of Trieste, Koper , Izola and Piran ( Slovenia ) to Punta Salvore ( Savudrija , Croatia ) on the Istria peninsula . In the water, an imaginary line between Punta Tagliamento on the Italian coast and Salvore forms the southern limit of the gulf. The total length of the coastline is given as 46.6 km.
The total surface of the Gulf of Trieste is about 550 km², the average depth is 18.7 m. The deepest point at 37 m is located near Piran. Its bays (bay or Golf, ital. Golfo or Baia , Slov. Zaliv ) are the Golfo di Panzano (with the Foce del Timavo and the small Golfo di Sistiana ), the Bay of Trieste (in the real sense), the Baia di Muggia , the small Baia di San Bartolomeo , the Kopriski Zaliv and the Piranski Zaliv .
Off the coasts are the wetland of the Foce dell'Isonzo , the Riva Lungo near Montfalcone, the steep coast of the Karst (Kras, Carso) between Duino and Trieste, the Muggia peninsula, the Slovenian Riviera (Slovenska obala) with the Bonifika (the estuary of the Rižana between Ankaran and Koper with the salt marshes) as well as the Piran and Savudrija peninsulas ; the latter is part of the Istrian Riviera .
With the exception of the flat islands in front of the Laguna di Grado, there are no islands in the gulf.
The current in the Gulf flows counterclockwise. Its average speed is 0.8 knots. Tides in the Gulf are among the largest in the Adriatic, but hardly exceed 60 centimeters of tidal height. The average salinity is 37–38 ‰, but in summer it is below 35 ‰.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The World Factbook by CIA (accessed February 12, 2008)