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\section{Adriatic Sea morphology and bathymetry}  The Adriatic Sea is a latitudinally elongated continental basin, with length and width of 800 km and 180 km respectively and with its major axis oriented along the northwest–southeast direction. It is located in the central Mediterranean, between the Appennines chain and the Balkans and is connected to the Ionian Sea by the 74 km wide Otranto strait.  Marked morphological differences characterize the basin along its longitudinal transversal axes. Accordingly the Adriatic Sea can be divided into three sub-basins (Artegiani et al., 1996 a).  Its northern section is very shallow and gently sloping, with an average bottom depth of about 35 m.   The middle Adriatic is 140 m deep on average, with the two Pomo Depressions reaching 260 m.