Geography of Greece and the islands - Greeka.com - 0 views
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It is a peninsular and mountainous country located in Southern-Eastern Europe, in the Balkans peninsula
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The country is very rich in natural resources providing petroleum, magnetite, lignite, bauxite, hydropower and marble.
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It is located in the southern part of Greece and actually looks like an island connected to the mainland with two bridges
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In fact, the limestone and volcanoes of Greece have composited the Greek territory and allowed the formation of many caves and canyons.
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Attica is actually a peninsula surrounded by four high mountains that form a basin. In this basin, the city and suburbs of Athens have been constructed.
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The Greece mainland consists of the following regions: Sterea (Central Greece), Peloponnese, Thessaly (eastcentral), Epirus (north west), Macedonia (north) and Thrace (north west). Also Greece consists of many islands and island complexes: Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ionian, Sporades, Saronic and Eastern Aegean islands.
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Greece has a rich diversity in flora and fauna and many species are original in this country, which means that they are found only there in the world.
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There are more than 2,000 large and smaller greek islands scattered both in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea.