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\section{Adriatic Sea morphology and bathymetry} The Adriatic Sea (Fig. 1) is an elongated basin, with its major axis in the northwest–southeast direction, lo- cated in the central Mediterranean, between the Italian peninsula and the Balkans. 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. The southern section is characterized by a wide depression more than 1200 m deep. The water exchange with the Mediterranean Sea takes place through the Otranto Channel, whose sill is 800 m deep.  The eastern coast is generally high and rocky, whereas