Total area: 131,940 km2
land area: 130,800 km2

Comparative area: slightly smaller than Alabama

Land boundaries: 1,228 km total
Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, Yugoslavia 246 km

Coastline: 13,676 km

Maritime claims: Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
Territorial sea: 6 nm

Disputes: complex maritime and air (but not territorial) disputes with Turkey in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question; Macedonia question with Bulgaria and Yugoslavia; Northern Epirus question with Albania

Climate: temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers

Terrain: mostly mountains with ranges extending into sea as peninsulas or chains of islands

Natural resources: bauxite, lignite, magnesite, crude oil, marble

Land use: arable land 23%; permanent crops 8%; meadows and pastures 40%; forest and woodland 20%; other 9%; includes irrigated 7%

Environment: subject to severe earthquakes; air pollution; archipelago of 2,000 islands

Note: strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits

NOTE: The information regarding Greece on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Greece Geography 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greece Geography 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.