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GREECE
Presentation by : Alexandra, Pablo, Nerea, Eguzkiñe and Ilien
GREECE PHISYCAL MAP
Acarnanian Mountains Asterousia Mountains Lefka Ori Messapio Mountains Oneia Mountains Panaitoliko (mountain range) Pangaion Hills Pierian Mountains Psiloritis Mountains Vermio Mountains Voras mountain range Voras Mountains Zarkos Mountains
Central and Western Greece contain high and steep peaks dissected by many canyons and other karstic landscapes.
The Meteora and the Vikos Gorges are two examples (the latter being one of the largest of the world) plunging vertically for more than 1,100 metres.
Meteora canyon
Vikos gorges
Lake Prespa
Lake Trichonida
SUPERFICIE – 131.957 KM2INHABITANTS-10.688.058
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GREECE
The country consists of:- A large mainland- Peloponnese peninsula connected to the mainland by the isthmus of Corinth- Around 3,000 islands, including Crete, Rhodes, Corfu, the Dodecanese and the Cyclades.
A large mainland
Peloponnese peninsula
Islands
HIGHEST PEAK
Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece with 2917 m1 altitude. Located between the Greek regions of Thessaly and Macedonia, Greek nature reserve since 1938 and natural heritage of the European Union since 1981, in the category of the biosphere reserve.
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The main plains of Greece are in Macedonia and Thesalia
The rivers have two sides, the Aegean and Ionian's.
The Aegean sea will give the rivers: Axios, Pineios Kifisos
The Ionian sea will give the rivers: Alfios Acheloos Arachthos.
Which forms of the relief are important for the country?
Why?
The main forms of the relief for the country are the Islands, the large coastline and the mountains.
The sea has been of great importance in the history and development of culture and Greek civilization.
Greek civilization started in the south of the Balkan Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean.
The Ancient Greeks also lived on many islands,and the coast of Asia Minor, which is now in Turkey.
Ancient Greece was never a unified country because of its physical characteristics.
Mountains divided the Balkan Peninsula into small valleys. Each valley and each island was an independent state.
Fishing, maritim industrie and tourism
