Gulf of Piran

Bay off Slovenia and Croatia

Gulf of Piran

Piran Bay, Savudrijska vala
Piranski zaliv (Slovene)

Gulf of Piran

Gulf of Piran

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Gulf of Piran

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Location| Europe
Coordinates| 45°30′16″N 13°33′43″E﻿ / ﻿45.50444°N 13.56194°E﻿ / 45.50444; 13.56194
Basin countries| Slovenia, Croatia
Surface area| 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Settlements| Piran, Portorož
Location

The Gulf of Piran or Piran Bay (Slovene: Piranski zaliv, Croatian: Piranski zaljev or Savudrijska vala, Italian: Baia di Pirano) is located in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea, and is a part of the southernmost tip of the Gulf of Trieste.

## Overview

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It was named after the town of Piran, and its shores are shared by Croatia and Slovenia. It is delimited by a line connecting Cape Savudrija (Savudrijski rt) in the south to the Cape Madona (Rt Madona) in the north and measures around 19 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi).

On the eastern Slovenian coast lies the town of Piran, and the settlements Portorož and Lucija. On the southern Croatian coast are tourist camps of Crveni Vrh and Kanegra, built in the 1980s. The main river flowing into the gulf is the Dragonja, whose mouth is on the border. Along the mouth of the Dragonja lie the Sečovlje saltpans, covering an area of 650 hectares (1,600 acres).

The Gulf area has been a theatre of a maritime and land border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia.

## External links

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* Conditions in the Gulf of Piran \- graphs, in the following order, of water temperature, wave height, wave (interval) period, wave direction, current speed, current direction, maximum wave height data for the past 30 days (taken near Piran by ARSO)

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Municipalities, settlements and landforms of the Slovene Riviera

* Debeli Rtič
* Ankaran
* Bertoki
* Koper (Gulf)
* Izola
* Jagodje
* Dobrava
* Strunjan
* Fiesa
* Piran (Gulf)
* Portorož
* Lucija
* Seča
* Parecag
* Sečovlje

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Hydrography of Croatia

Rivers|

| Black Sea Basin|

* Bednja
* Biđ
* Bijela
* Bjelovacka
* Bosut
* Česma
* Črnec
* Črnec
* Danube
* Dobra
* Drava
* Glina
* Glogovnica
* Ilova
* Karašica
* Karašica
* Korana
* Krapina
* Krka
* Kupa
* Kupčina
* Lika
* Londža
* Lonja
* Mrežnica
* Mura
* Odra
* Orljava
* Pakra
* Plitvica
* Račačka
* Sava
* Slunjčica
* Spačva
* Studva
* Sunja
* Sutla
* Trnava
* Una
* Veliki Strug
* Vuka
* Zelina

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Adriatic Basin|

* Bijela
* Boljunčica
* Cetina
* Čikola
* Dragonja
* Gacka
* Jadro
* Krka
* Mirna
* Neretva
* Ombla
* Raša
* Rječina
* Zrmanja

Lakes|

* Baćina
* Dubrava
* Krušćica
* Lokve
* Ormož
* Peruća
* Plitvice
* Prokljan
* Trakošćan
* Varaždin
* Vrana (Cres)
* Vrana (Dalmatia)

Valleys, estuaries,
canyons, wetlands|

* Kopački Rit
* Lim
* Lonjsko Polje
* Neretva Delta
* Paklenica
* Spačva basin

Waterfalls|

* Galovački buk
* Skradinski buk
* Roški slap
* Štrbački buk
* Large waterfall (Plitvice)

Canals|

* Bobota Canal
* Danube-Sava Canal (proposed)
* Sava-Odra-Sava Canal

Adriatic Sea|

* Kvarner Gulf
* Bay of Bakar
* Bay of Mali Ston
* Novsko Ždrilo
* Split Channel
* Split Gates
* Gulf of Piran
* Brač Channel
* Hvar Channel
* Velebit Channel
* Vinodol Channel
* St. Anthony Channel
* Zavratnica

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

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