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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 ___MASK21___ . In the northwest they join with the Ligurian Alps at Altare . In the southwest they end at Reggio di ___MASK7___ , the coastal city at the tip of the peninsula . Since the year 2000 the Environment Ministry of ___MASK21___ , 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 . The Po Valley , Po Plain , Plain of the Po , or Padan Plain (, " Val Padana or Padania ") is a major geographical feature of ___MASK21___ . 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 . ___MASK27___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK27___ ( 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 ___MASK21___ to the west , ___MASK70___ to the north , Hungary to the northeast , Croatia 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 , ___MASK65___ , and NATO . The capital and largest city is Ljubljana . ___MASK63___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK63___ , 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 . ___MASK63___ covers and has diverse , mostly continental and Mediterranean climates . ___MASK63___ ' 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 . The Bay of Kotor ( Serbian :   / Boka Kotorska ) ), known simply as Boka (" the Bay "), is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern ___MASK51___ . The Mediterranean Sea ( pronounced ) is a sea connected to the ___MASK66___ , 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 ___MASK66___ , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . The Strait of Otranto connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates ___MASK21___ from ___MASK48___ . Its width at Punta Palascìa , east of Salento is less than . The strait is named after the Italian city of Otranto . Tivat ( Montenegrin Cyrillic :  ) is a coastal town in southwest ___MASK51___ , located in the Bay of Kotor . , its population was 14 , 111 . Tivat is the centre of Tivat Municipality , which is the smallest municipality by area in ___MASK51___ . ___MASK51___ ( 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 Croatia 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 "). ___MASK18___ ( 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 Croatia to the north , west , and south ; Serbia to the east ; ___MASK51___ 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 . Tivat Municipality is the smallest municipality in ___MASK51___ by area , situated in the Bay of Kotor . The center of the municipality is the epynomous town , Tivat . The Ionian Sea (, , ) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea , south of the Adriatic Sea . It is bounded by southern ___MASK21___ including ___MASK7___ , Sicily , and the Salento peninsula to the west , southern Albania to the north , and the west coast of ___MASK45___ . ___MASK48___ (; ), officially the Republic of ___MASK48___ , 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 . ___MASK48___ is located in the south - western part of the Balkan peninsula , bordered by ___MASK51___ to the northwest , Kosovo 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 . ___MASK48___ is less than from Italy , across the Strait of Otranto which connects the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea . 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 ___MASK7___ ( the " toe "), Salento ( the " heel ") and Gargano ( the " spur "). Kotor ( Montenegrin Cyrillic :  ) is a coastal town in ___MASK51___ . It is located in a secluded part of the Gulf of Kotor . The city has a population of 13 , 510 and is the administrative center of Kotor Municipality . Sveti Marko ( Formerly known as Stradioti ) is an island on the Adriatic Sea , in the Montenegrin municipality of Tivat . The Dinaric Alps or Dinarides is a mountain chain which spans from ___MASK21___ in the northwest , over Slovenia , ___MASK63___ , ___MASK18___ , Serbia , ___MASK51___ , Albania to Kosovo in the southeast . ___MASK45___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK45___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . 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 ___MASK48___ , ___MASK18___ , Croatia , Greece , Italy , ___MASK51___ 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 . ___MASK21___ , officially the ___MASK36___ , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea , ___MASK21___ shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , ___MASK70___ , Slovenia , San Marino and ___MASK60___ . ___MASK21___ covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in ___MASK21___ as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU member state .