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In the middle of the 6th and the beginning of the 7th century began the Slavic migration, which caused the Romance-speaking population, descendants of Romans and Illyrians (speaking Dalmatian), to flee to the coast and islands. [32] The hinterland, semi-depopulated by the Barbarian Invasions, Slavic tribes settled.
Until 2022, reaching it from the north meant crossing into Bosnia, whose 12.4 miles of coastline sits below the Neretva delta, before giving way once more to Croatia’s southern Dalmatian coast.
The narrow islands running parallel to the coast can be clearly seen. Dalmatian coasts composed of long narrow islands running parallel to the coastline and separated from the coast by narrow sea channels called sounds. [1] Dalmatian coasts are named after the Dalmatia region of Croatia which displays the common features of a dalmatian coast.
The concordant coast may take one of two landform types. The Dalmatian type, named from Dalmatia on the Adriatic Sea, features long offshore islands and coastal inlets that are parallel to the coastline. The Adriatic Sea itself is a concordant landform, consisting of a body of water between parallel ranges.
The northern Adriatic coast and islands, as well as the Dalmatian coast's hinterland are characterised by the warm temperate climate (Cfa) climate and most of the central and southern Adriatic coast and islands have the Mediterranean climate (mostly Csb) climate. The highest elevations are characterised by the Df climate. [57]
The majority of the coast is characterised by a karst topography, developed from the Adriatic Carbonate Platform. Karstification there largely began after the final uplift of the Dinarides in the Oligocene and the Miocene , when carbonate deposits were exposed to atmospheric effects, extending to the level of 120 metres (390 feet) below present ...
The southern coast of Dalmatia is classic Croatia. Between Split and Dubrovnik lie some of the most visited places in the country. But while tourists crowd the honeypot destinations, there are ...
The Dalmatian Hinterland (Croatian: Dalmatinska zagora, Italian: La Morlacca or Zagora dalmata) is the southern inland hinterland in the historical Croatian region of Dalmatia. The name zagora means 'beyond (the) hills', which is a reference to the fact that it is the part of Dalmatia that is not coastal and the existence of the concordant ...