Venetian Lagoon
Venetian Lagoon | |
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Location | Venice, Veneto, Italy |
Coordinates | 45°24′47″N 12°17′50″E / 45.41306°N 12.29722°E |
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 |
Reference no. | 423[1] |
The Venetian Lagoon (
Location
The Venetian Lagoon stretches from the
It is connected to the
The nearby
Development
The Lagoon of Venice is the most important survivor of a system of
The Lagoon was formed about six to seven thousand years ago, when the marine transgression following the
Venice Lagoon was inhabited from the most ancient times, but it was only during and after the
Ecosystem
Occasionally, bottlenose dolphins enter the lagoon, possibly for feeding.[7]
The level of pollution in the lagoon has long been a concern
Negative effects to the environment such as air pollution, loss of landscape, surface water pollution, erosion, and decreasing water quality have occurred due to the emission and impacts of cruise ships transiting into the Venetian Lagoon.[14]
From 1987 to 2003, the Venice Lagoon was harmed by a relevant reduction of the nutrient inputs and of the macroalgal biomasses due to
Islands
The Venice Lagoon is mostly included in the Metropolitan City of Venice, but the south-western area is part of the Province of Padua.
The largest islands or archipelagos by area, excluding coastal reclaimed land and the coastal
- Venice 5.17 km2
- Sant'Erasmo 3.26 km2
- Murano 1.17 km2
- Chioggia 0.67 km2
- Giudecca 0.59 km2
- Mazzorbo 0.52 km2
- Torcello 0.44 km2
- Sant'Elena 0.34 km2
- La Certosa 0.24 km2
- Burano 0.21 km2
- Tronchetto 0.18 km2
- Sacca Fisola 0.18 km2
- San Michele 0.16 km2
- Sacca Sessola 0.16 km2
- Santa Cristina 0.13 km2
Other inhabited islands include:
- Cavallino
- Lazzaretto Nuovo
- Lazzaretto Vecchio
- Lido
- Pellestrina
- Poveglia
- San Clemente
- San Francesco del Deserto
- San Giorgio in Alga
- San Giorgio Maggiore
- San Lazzaro degli Armeni
- Santa Maria della Grazia
- San Pietro di Castello
- San Servolo
- Santo Spirito
- Sottomarina
- Vignole
See also
- List of islands of Italy
- Magistrato alle Acque
- MOSE Project
Notes
- ^ This geological history follows Brambati et al. (2003).[4]
References
- ^ "Laguna di Venezia: Valle Averto". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Poggioli, Sylvia (7 January 2008). "MOSE Project Aims to Part Venice Floods". Morning Edition (Radio program). NPR.
- ^ "Venice, Italy (1985–2003) - 25 Years of Landsat 5 - Landsat 5 showcase - Earth Watching". earth.esa.int. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- .
- ^ Heymans, J.J., Coll, M., Libralato, S., Morissette, L. and Christensen, V. (2014). "Global patterns in ecological indicators of marine food webs: a modelling approach". PLOS ONE, 9(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095845.
- ^ Pranovi, F., Libralato, S., Raicevich, S., Granzotto, A., Pastres, R. and Giovanardi, O. (2003). "Mechanical clam dredging in Venice lagoon: ecosystem effects evaluated with a trophic mass-balance model". Marine Biology, 143(2): 393–403. doi:10.1007/s00227-003-1072-1.
- ^ Ferretti, Sabrina; Bearzi, Giovanni. "Rare Report of a Bottlenose Dolphin Foraging in the Venice Lagoon, Italy" (PDF). Tethys Research Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Grancini, Gianfranco & Cescon, Bruno (1971). "Observations of Dispersal Processes of Pollutants in Venice Lagoon and in the Po River Coastal Area". Liège Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics. 2. Société Royale des Sciences de Liège: 99–110.
- ISBN 978-92-3-103595-1.
- S2CID 84000695.
- (PDF) from the original on 25 December 2015.
- PMID 12735951.
- ^
Marchini, Agnese; Ferrario, Jasmine; Sfriso, Adriano & Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna (2015). "Current Status and Trends of Biological Invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a Hotspot of Marine NIS Introductions in the Mediterranean Sea" (PDF). Biological Invasions. 17 (10): 2943–2962. S2CID 17434132.
- ^ EJOLT. "Cruise Ships impacting Venetian Lagoon, Italy | EJAtlas". Environmental Justice Atlas. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- PMID 25126611.
Further reading
- Brown, Horatio (1884). Life on the Lagoons. Additional editions printed in 1900, 1904, & 1909; paperback in 2008.
External links
- Atlas of the Lagoon - 103 thematic maps and associated explanations grouped in five sections: Geosphere, Biosphere, Anthroposphere, Protected Environments and Integrated Analysis
- SIL – Sistema Informativo della Laguna di Venezia
- Lagoon of Venice information
- Satellite image from Google Maps
- MILVa – Interactive Map of Venice Lagoon
- Comune di Venezia, Servizio Mobilità Acquea, Thematic cartography of Venice Lagoon
- Photo gallery by Enrico Martino about Venice's lagoon small islands, night life