Destination guide — Greece

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
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GREECE OCCUPIES THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT OF THE BALKAN
PENINSULA, WITH AN AREA OF 131,990 SQ KM. FROM EAST TO WEST
LIE TURKEY, BULGARIA, YUGOSLAVIA AND ALBANIA, WHILE THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA IS IN THE SOUTH, THE IONIAN SEA TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND THE AEGEAN SEA TO THE EAST.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1400 ISLANDS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH
THE COASTLINE RUNNING FOR AT LEAST 4000KM. LESS THAN HALF
OF THE COUNTRY IS LOWLAND. THE COASTAL PLAINS EXTEND FROM
THRACE IN THE NORTH TO THESSALY IN THE SOUTH ON THE AEGEAN
SEA. THE ONLY OTHER LOWLANDS ARE THE NARROW MOUNTAIN
BASINS, VALLEYS AND MAINLAND COASTAL STRIPS.

THE MOUNTAIN AREA IS DOMINATED BY THE PINDUS MOUNTAINS,
WHICH ARE SITUATED IN THE DINARIC MOUNTAIN RANGE, EXTENDING
FROM ALBANIA TO YUGOSLAVIA. MOUNT OLYMPUS IS SITUATED IN
THE NORTHEAST AND REACHES 2917M, THE HIGHEST PEAK IN
THE NORTHEAST AND REACHES 2917M, THE HIGHEST PEAK IN
GREECE.

THE GREEK ISLANDS MAY BE BROKEN INTO TWO GROUPS: THE IONIAN
ISLANDS INCLUDING CORFU AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS, EUROIA AND
THE VORIAI SPORADHES IN THE WEST. GREECE IS GEOLOGICALLY
ACTIVE REGION.
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