Istria, Croatia. Limski fjord or Lim canal is a peculiar geographic feature found near Rovinj and Vrsar on the western coast of Istria, south of Porec, Croatia. The name comes from the Latin limes for "limit", referring to the landform's position at the border of two Roman provinces: Dalmatia and Italy.

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Istria, Croatia. Limski fjord or Lim canal is a peculiar geographic feature found near Rovinj and Vrsar on the western coast of Istria, south of Porec, Croatia. The name comes from the Latin limes for "limit", referring to the landform's position at the border of two Roman provinces: Dalmatia and Italy. The Lim valley (Limska draga or Limska dolina) is the 35 km long valley of the river Pazincica, which transforms into the Lim bay (Limski zaljev), a 10 kilometer long estuary. The Croats sometimes also call it Limski kanal ("Lim Channel"), due to its narrow width. The estuary is sometimes called a fjord, although it is not in fact a fjord but a ria, because it was not carved by a glacier but by the river eroding the ground on its way to the Adriatic Sea, when the sea level was lower.

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Location: Limski Kanal, Istria, Croatia
Photo credit: © Ferdinando Piezzi / Alamy / Afripics
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