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fiogf49gjkf0d GENERAL DESCRIPTION. -------------------- 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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