The South Dalmatia region
Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of
Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. The hinterland, Inner Dalmatia (Dalmatinska Zagora), ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north but narrows
to just a few kilometers wide in the south.
Croatian Dalmatia is currently composed of four counties, the primary cities of which are Zadar, Šibenik, Split and Dubrovnik. Other large cities in
Dalmatia include Biograd, Kaštela, Sinj, Solin, Omiš, Knin, Metkovic, Makarska, Trogir, Ploce, Trilj and Imotski.
The largest Dalmatian islands include Dugi Otok, Ugljan, Pašman, Brac, Hvar, Korcula, Vis, Lastovo and Mljet. The largest Dalmatian mountains are Dinara,
Mosor, Svilaja, Biokovo, Mosec and Kozjak. The rivers are Zrmanja, Krka, Cetina and Neretva.
Because of the way sea currents and winds flow, the sea water of the Adriatic is, according to Croatian tourist authorities, cleaner and warmer on the
Croatian side than it is on the Italian side. The Dalmatian concordant coastline also includes an immense number of coves, islands and channels. This makes
it an attractive place for nautical races, and nautical tourism in general. There are also a large number of marinas.
Dalmatia also includes several national parks that are tourist attractions: Paklenica karst river, Kornati archipelago, Krka river rapids and Mljet island
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