Greece

A Brief of geography

Greece is one of the European countries. Is a peninsula and it is laved east from Aegean Sea, west from Ionian Sea, south from Mediterranean Sea and north from Albania, F.Y.R.O.M, Bulgaria and Turkey. It’s lengthen is 131.986 square kilometers and from which, 106.778 are continental section and the rest of them are insular section. Its population is about 11.153.880 inhabitants according to the last census in 2001. The capital of Greece is Athens and the second largest city is Thessaloniki.

The official language of the state is Greek and the majority of the population is Greek and Christian Orthodox in the religion. The Greeks are welcoming people famous for their insight. The most representative products of our country is Greek “feta” (a kind of white cheese), tzatziki, brandy Metaxas, ouzo, good wine, … mousaka, … souvlaki,

and …sirtaki (a sort of Greek dance).

Representative Products

Wine, brandy, tsipouro, ouzo, honey, forest’s fruits, beans, nuts, onions, garlics, corn, feta and yellow cheese, sausages, home made sweets ,pies and marmelades, hand made carpets, many species of fruits and vegetables, herbs, traxanas (a kind of pasta), olive oil and olives are some of Greek products also.

Geographic information

Greece is generally mountainous country and is considered one of the most mountainous countries but in essence, the whole country is a large peninsula and has a rich dismemberment.

High or low mountains across the whole country, from the west is the mountain range of Pintos, which is the continuity of Deinarikon Alpine, from the North is the Rhodope Mountains, and the tallest mountain in the east of the country the mountain Olympus with a height of 2.917m (domicile of 12 Gods of ancient Greek mythology). Among the mountains seem to be waiting beautiful valleys such as the Valley of Tempe and fertile plains such as Thessaly, Arta, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace and Thessaloniki. There are also several lakes such as the lake of Kerkinis, big and small

Prespas, Trixonida, Bolbis, Lake Ylike, Marathon, etc.

The rivers of Greece are small and have a variation in the level, while none of these is navigable. However, rivers are important for the economy of the country because the water irrigate the most parts of the land and move multiple Power Stations. The largest river in Greece is Evros and follows

Strimonas Nestos, Aksios, Aliakmon, Pinios, Acheloos, Arachthos, Eurotas e.t.c.

Beautiful forests, mainly fir, pine, oaks and beeches embellish most mountains of the country, while in Prefecture of .Drama is the only virgin forest in whole Europe, the forest of Frahtou.

The coastline of Greece is full of coves, ports, peninsulas (such as Halkidiki, Magnesia and Messinia) and beautiful capes (as the Cape of Sounio).

The country's largest port is the port of Piraeus and follows the port of Thessaloniki, Patrai, Igoumenitsa, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes and a bunch of other because almost all the coastline of both the mainland and the insular section are accessible and are used for the handling of passengers and goods.

In Greece there are too many islands from which only 151 is residential and the larger is Crete and follows Evvoia. From the best-known Islands are Rhodes, Corfu, Cephalonia, Mytilini, Santorin, Skiathos, Kos, Samothrace, Lefkada, Samos, Naxos, Paros, Mykonos and a bunch of other smaller or larger islands, cosmopolitan or not, which overwhelmed by local and foreign tourists each summer, famous for the purity of water in the blue coasts.

The climate of Greece is temperate with mild winters and high temperatures in summer. The average annual temperature is 16-19C and snow is rare in the islands and the south of the country, in contrast with the central and northern Greece, where snowfalls are frequently but without causing any particular problems.

The Greek flora is known as one of the richest between the countries of Europe and includes 6,000 species of plants from which the 1100 are endemic that is that they don't exist anywhere else on Earth and that is quite interesting. The country's fauna is composed by 23.130 species of birds and animals and 3500 marine species. There are also 12 National Forests, 2 National Marine parks (for the protection of the seal Monachus-Monachus and sea turtle Caretta-Caretta) and 8 National Hydrotropic parks, in order to protect better the flora and fauna of the

country, because several species of both categories are the find refuge in

our country.

Sable of Greek fauna and Fiona

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