Geography Of Greece

Location	Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
Geographic coordinates	39 00 N, 22 00 E
Map references	europe
Area	total: 131,940 sq km water: 1,140 sq km land: 130,800 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Alabama
Land boundaries	total: 1,228 km border countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 246 km
Coastline	13,676 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
Terrain	mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Olympus 2,917 m
Natural resources	lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential
Land use	arable land: 21.1% permanent crops: 8.78% other: 70.12% (2001)
Irrigated land	14,220 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	severe earthquakes
Environment - current issues	air pollution; water pollution
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
Geography note	strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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Geography Of Greece