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___MASK24___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK24___ ( Slovene : , abbr .: " RS "), is a nation state in southern Central Europe , located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes . It is bordered by Italy to the west , ___MASK41___ to the north , Hungary to the northeast , ___MASK72___ to the south and southeast , and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest . It covers and has a population of 2 . 06 million . It is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations , European Union , and NATO . The capital and largest city is Ljubljana . A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth . Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria , up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents . Ordered from largest in size to smallest , they are : Asia , Africa , North America , South America , ___MASK28___ , Europe , and Australia . In geology , areas of continental crust include regions covered with water . ___MASK20___ ( or ; B & H ; Bosnian , Croatian , Serbian : " Bosna i Hercegovina " / a   ), sometimes called Bosnia - Herzegovina ( BiH ), and , in short , often known informally as Bosnia , is a country in Southeastern Europe located on the Balkan Peninsula . Sarajevo is the capital and largest city . Bordered by ___MASK72___ to the north , west , and south ; Serbia to the east ; Montenegro to the southeast ; and the Adriatic Sea to the south , with a coastline about long surrounding the city of Neum . In the central and eastern interior of the country the geography is mountainous , in the northwest it is moderately hilly , and the northeast is predominantly flatland . The inland is a geographically larger region and has a moderate continental climate , with hot summers and cold and snowy winters . The southern tip of the country has a Mediterranean climate and plain topography . The Po Valley , Po Plain , Plain of the Po , or Padan Plain (, " Val Padana or Padania ") is a major geographical feature of ___MASK97___ . It extends approximately in an east - west direction , with an area of including its Venetic extension not actually related to the Po river basin ; it runs from the Western Alps to the Adriatic Sea . The flatlands of Veneto and Friuli are often considered apart since they do not drain into the Po , but they effectively combine into an unbroken plain . Rivanj is an Adriatic Sea island in the Zadar Archipelago , between the islands of Sestrunj and Ugljan , with an area of 4 . 4 square kilometres ( 1 . 7 sq mi ) ( length 3 . 4 km ( 2 . 1 mi ) , width up to 1 . 4 km ( 0 . 9 mi ) ) ; population 31 ( 2011 ) ; highest peak Lukocina ( 112 metres ( 367 feet ) ) . The only village is Rivanj , located in the interior of the island ; below it , on the south - western coast , is a small harbour with a hamlet . The island is largely covered with underbrush and thicket . Rivanj has a daily ferry and ship line with Zadar . The present village was allegedly founded by the inhabitants of the island of Ugljan . Rivanj is frequented by boaters . An island or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait , and a small island off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the ___MASK99___ . ___MASK72___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK72___ , is a sovereign state between Central Europe , Southeast Europe , and the Mediterranean . Its capital city is Zagreb , which forms one of the country ' s primary subdivisions , along with its twenty counties . ___MASK72___ covers and has diverse , mostly continental and Mediterranean climates . ___MASK72___ ' s Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands . The country ' s population is 4 . 28 million , most of whom are Croats , with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism . An archipelago , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection of islands . The word " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" sea ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition of antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands ). It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number of scattered islands . The Mediterranean Sea ( pronounced ) is a sea connected to the ___MASK79___ , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The sea is sometimes considered a part of the ___MASK79___ , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . Pašman is an island off the coast of the Adriatic Sea in ___MASK72___ with an area of 60 . 11 km , located to the south of Zadar , surrounded by the islands Ugljan , Iž , Dugi otok and Kornati . The municipality of Pašman is inhabited by 2 , 845 people ( 2011 ). ___MASK65___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK65___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . The Strait of Otranto connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates ___MASK97___ from ___MASK34___ . Its width at Punta Palascìa , east of Salento is less than . The strait is named after the Italian city of Otranto . Ugljan is a Croatian island and the first in the Zadar Archipelago . It is located northwest of the island of Pašman and southeast of the islands of Rivanj and Sestrunj . Separated from the mainland by the Zadar Channel , it is connected with the island of Pašman by a bridge spanning over the Ždrelac Strait . Area , population 7 , 583 , length , width up to . Dalmatia (; see names in other languages ) is one of the four historical regions of ___MASK72___ , alongside ___MASK72___ proper , Slavonia , and Istria . Ravni Kotari is a geographical region in ___MASK72___ . It lies in northern Dalmatia , around Zadar and east of it . It is bordered by Bukovica to the northeast , lower Krka to the southeast , and the Adriatic Sea . The largest settlement in the region is the town of Benkovac . Other large settlements are Zemunik Donji ( where Zadar Airport is located ), Polaa , Polinik , Galovac , Gorica , Škabrnja , Posedarje , Pridraga , Novigrad , and Stankovci . The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula (" Penisola appenninica ") is the central and the smallest of the three large peninsulas of Southern Europe ( between the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula ). It extends from the Po Valley in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south . The peninsula ' s shape gives it the nickname " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). Three smaller peninsulas contribute to this characteristic shape , namely ___MASK81___ ( the " toe "), Salento ( the " heel ") and Gargano ( the " spur "). Medieval Greek , also known as Byzantine Greek , is the stage of the Greek language between the end of Classical antiquity in the 5th - 6th centuries and the end of the Middle Ages , conventionally dated to the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 . From the 7th century onwards , Greek was the only language of administration and government in the ___MASK26___ . This stage of language is thus described as Byzantine Greek . The study of the Medieval Greek language and literature is a branch of Byzantine Studies , or Byzantinology , the study of the history and culture of the ___MASK26___ . A cay ( or ), also spelled caye or key , is a small , low - elevation , sandy island on the surface of a coral reef . Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific , Atlantic and Indian Oceans ( including in the Caribbean and on the Great Barrier Reef and ___MASK11___ Barrier Reef ). The ___MASK99___ , officially the Republic of the ___MASK99___ , is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean . It consists of about 7 , 641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south : Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao . The capital city of the ___MASK99___ is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City , both part of Metro Manila . Bounded by the South ___MASK100___ Sea on the west , the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest , the ___MASK99___ shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north , Vietnam to the west , Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south . The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas , i . e ., between the mainlands of ___MASK65___ and ___MASK37___ . In the north , it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosphorus . The Aegean Islands are within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery , including Crete and Rhodes . Zadar County is a county in ___MASK72___ , it encompasses northern Dalmatia and southeastern Lika . Its center is the city of Zadar . The Apennines or Apennine Mountains ( or "" a singular used in the plural ) are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending along the length of peninsular ___MASK97___ . In the northwest they join with the Ligurian Alps at Altare . In the southwest they end at Reggio di ___MASK81___ , the coastal city at the tip of the peninsula . Since the year 2000 the Environment Ministry of ___MASK97___ , following the recommendations of the Apennines Park of Europe Project , has been defining the Apennines System to include the mountains of north Sicily , for a total distance of . The system forms an arc enclosing the east side of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas . Dugi Otok ( Croatian for " Long Island ") is the seventh largest island in the Adriatic Sea , part of ___MASK72___ . It is located off the Dalmatian coast , west of Zadar . It is the largest and westernmost of the Zadarian Islands , and derives its name from its distinctive shape : it is long by wide , with an area of ). Its elevation reaches 300 m ; and many of its higher portions contain stands of Maritime Pine . ___MASK9___ ( or or ; Montenegrin : " Crna Gora " /   , meaning " Black Mountain ") is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe . It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south - west and is bordered by ___MASK72___ to the west , Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest , Serbia to the northeast , Kosovo to the east , and Albania to the south - east . Its capital and largest city is Podgorica , while Cetinje is designated as the Old Royal Capital (" prijestonica "). FOREST ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a ___MASK98___ political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity . Zadar ( see other names ) is the oldest continuously inhabited city in ___MASK72___ . It is situated on the Adriatic Sea , at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region . Zadar serves as the seat of Zadar County and the wider northern Dalmatian region . The city proper covers with a population of 75 , 082 in 2011 , making it the fifth largest city in the country . ___MASK34___ (; ), officially the Republic of ___MASK34___ , is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe . It has a population of 3 . 03 million as of 2016 . Tirana is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Durrës and Vlorë . ___MASK34___ is located in the south - western part of the Balkan peninsula , bordered by ___MASK9___ to the northwest , ___MASK55___ to the northeast , the Republic of Macedonia to the east , and Greece to the south and southeast . The country has a coastline on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea , the Adriatic Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the southwest where the Albanian Riviera begins . ___MASK34___ is less than from Italy , across the Strait of Otranto which connects the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea . ___MASK97___ , officially the ___MASK16___ , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea , ___MASK97___ shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , ___MASK41___ , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . ___MASK97___ covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in ___MASK97___ as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU member state . The Dinaric Alps or Dinarides is a mountain chain which spans from ___MASK97___ in the northwest , over ___MASK24___ , ___MASK72___ , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Serbia , Montenegro , Albania to Kosovo in the southeast . Sestrunj is an island in Croatian part of Adriatic Sea . It is situated in Zadar archipelago , between Ugljan , Rivanj and Dugi Otok . Its area is , and it has population of 48 . The only settlement is also called Sestrunj and is located in the island ' s interior . The island is partially covered with maquis shrubland and low forests . Reminds of Illyrian fort are situated at island . The island ' s main industries are agriculture and fishing . The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula and the Apennine Mountains from the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges . The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea , extending from the Strait of Otranto ( where it connects to the Ionian Sea ) to the northwest and the Po Valley . The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are ___MASK34___ , ___MASK20___ , ___MASK72___ , Greece , ___MASK97___ , Montenegro and Slovenia . The Adriatic contains over 1 , 300 islands , mostly located along its eastern , Croatian , coast . It is divided into three basins , the northern being the shallowest and the southern being the deepest , with a maximum depth of . The Otranto Sill , an underwater ridge , is located at the border between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas . The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto , along the eastern coast and back to the strait along the western ( Italian ) coast . Tidal movements in the Adriatic are slight , although larger amplitudes are known to occur occasionally . The Adriatic ' s salinity is lower than the Mediterranean ' s because the Adriatic collects a third of the fresh water flowing into the Mediterranean , acting as a dilution basin . The surface water temperatures generally range from in summer to in winter , significantly moderating the Adriatic Basin ' s climate . The Aegean Islands ( transliterated : " Nisiá Aigaíou ") are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea , with mainland ___MASK65___ to the west and north and ___MASK37___ to the east ; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south , those of Rhodes , Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast . The ancient Greek name of the Aegean Sea , " Archipelago " (" archipelagos ") was later applied to the islands it contains and is now used more generally , to refer to any island group . The Ionian Sea (, , ) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea , south of the Adriatic Sea . It is bounded by southern ___MASK97___ including ___MASK81___ , Sicily , and the Salento peninsula to the west , southern Albania to the north , and the west coast of Greece .