Monday, April 1, 2013

Geographical Setting

Greece Geography:


Greece is a peninsular and mountainous country located in Southern-Eastern Europe, in the Balkans peninsula. Although the inland is pretty mountainous, the country has the largest coastline in Europe (13,676km) due to its numerous islands. Greece has a total of more than 2,000 Greek islands but only 168 are inhabited. The country is surrounded by two big seas, the Aegean and the Ionian seas, which include other smaller seas.

-The the highest point is at Mount Olympus, at an altitude of 2917m.

- The Greek weather is pleasantly warm between April and mid- June but becomes very hot from mid-June to August, cooling off again from September to October. Greece’s coldest and wettest months are from November to February when it is not uncommon to see snow on the mainland and in the mountains.

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