Venetian Lagoon

Venetian Lagoon of the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Venetian language has provided the international name for an enclosed, shallow embayment of saltwater. The Venetian Lagoon stretches from the Sile in the north to the Brenta in the south, with a surface area of around 550 km². It is around 8% land, including Venice itself and many smaller islands (...) +info