Greece is had on Balkan peninsula, numerous islands, in east part of Mediterranean sea.
its General square - 131,9 thousand sq. km. Approximately the fifth part of terrain is necessary on numerous islands. Hardly cut up water front of the Ionichesky and Egejsky seas was drew through almost on 4000 km. Length of northern boundary lines of Greece with Albania, were Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Turkey - 1166 km.
the Terrain of Greece is divided into three parts. Into continental Greece enter: Macedonia - northern range of Greece adjoining on Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia; Thrace - the northeast range adjoining on Bulgaria and Turkey; Epirus - the northwest range adjoining on Albania, from the southwest is flowed about by Ionian sea; Thessaly - the most flat range, from the east is flowed about by Aegean sea; the Central Greece; Attica - range round Athenes; Peloponnese - the biggest peninsula of Greece (the square - 21,4 thousand both sq. km), is bridged to a continental part a narrow Corinthian isthmus (width - 5 km) through which in the end of XIX century the canal (length - 6500 has been dug through; m, width - 23,5 m, depth - 40 m.
Island Greece switches on: Crete - the largest island in Mediterranean sea (the square - 8,3 thousand sq. km, extent from the West to the east - 250 km); Ionian Islands - Zakynthos, Corfu (Corfu), Cephalonia, Leukas, Paksi, etc. - in Ionian sea, to the West from continental Greece; Saronichesky islands - Salamin, Egina, poros, Idra, Spetse, etc. - in the Saronichesky gulf dividing Attica and Peloponnese.
the Third region is formed by islands of Aegean sea: Euboea - second-large, after Crete, island of Greece (the square - 3,9 thousand sq. km) at east coast of its continental part, bridged to continent a bridge; Lesbos - one of large islands of Greece (the square - 1,6 thousand sq. km); Northern Sporades - islands Scyross, Skopelos, JUra, Iliodromija, etc. in a northwest part of Aegean sea; Cyclades - archipelago in the central and southern part of Aegean sea, forming the ring, in Greek kiklos (islands Amorgos, Andros, Kitnos, Melos, Naxos, Paros, Serifos, Sifnos, Tinos, etc.; Southern Sporades (Dodecanese) - archipelago from 12 islands in a southeast part of Aegean sea, at coast of Turkey (island Rhodes, Samos, Astipaleja, Kalimnos, Karpatos, Kasos, Scythes, Leros, etc.).
the Greek landscape is an interleaving of the rocky, usually woodless mounts, densely populated valleys, numerous islands, straits and fakes. Picturesque rocks, beaches, exotic grottoes grant huge possibilities for sea tour and mountaineering. The wide circulation of chalkstones, especially in the western part of the country, has led to formation of karstic funnels, the caves giving to a landscape original feral shape and involving fans to test the forces in speleology.
Hills occupy almost a quarter of a surface of terrain of the country. It mainly srednevysotnye mounts (to 1200-1800 ). The climate of Greece - a mount the Olympus (2917 ). Above 2000 metres Pindus, Parnassus, a mountain chain in the north of Peloponnese and Tajget are lifted also. Plains a little, they are concentrated in east half of country, except for Peloponnessa where plains predominate at the western coast.
On narrow and mountainous Greek peninsula the big river systems could not be formed. The mountain rivers, short, rough, with picturesque thresholds and the cataracts, often leaking to the sea in narrow canyons predominate. The longest river of Greece - Aljakmon (almost 300 km). Other large rivers - Ebros, nestos, Strimon, Vardar, Aheloos. The rivers are not suitable for navigation, but play big enough role as energy sources.
In Greece numbers over 20 loches the square 10-100 sq. km. The largest and deep from them a tectonic parentage. To them loches Trihonis (95,5 belong; sq. km), Volvi (75,6 sq. km), Vegoritis (72,5 sq. km). Many karstic loches. They, as a rule, small, eating underwaters in the core. Largest of them - Yanin (22 sq. km).
the north of Greece occasionally there is a bear, a feral cat, a fox, a jackal, a stone marten, a badger. From hoofed animals it is possible to meet a fallow deer, a roe deer, a red deer, kritskogo a feral goat.
Making walks in mounts, it is necessary to remember, that in Greece it is a lot of reptiles (a turtle, a lizard and a snake, among them - a horned viper).
