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The Venetian Lagoon is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea located in northeastern Italy. It is notable as the body of water on which the city of Venice was built and has shaped the region's history, culture, and ecology for centuries.
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Key facts
- Location
- Venice , Veneto , Italy
- Primary outflows
- Adriatic Sea
- Basin countries
- Italy
- Surface area
- 550 square kilometres (210 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 10.5 metres (34 ft)
- Max depth
- 21.5 metres (71 ft)
- Surface elevation
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Settlements
- Venice , Campagna Lupia , Cavallino-Treporti , Chioggia , Codevigo , Jesolo , Mira , Musile di Piave , Quarto d'Altino , San Donà di Piave
- Official name
- Laguna di Venezia: Valle Averto
- Designated
- 11 April 1989
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Article
The Venetian Lagoon, also Venice Lagoon or Lagoon of Venice, is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name, from a Venetian derivative of Latin lacus 'lake', has become the generalized English term for any enclosed, shallow embayment of salt water – a lagoon.
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