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![]() ![]() Greece Geography - 1991 https://theodora.com/wfb1991/greece/greece_geography.html SOURCE: 1991 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Total area: 131,940 km2
Comparative area: slightly smaller than Alabama Land boundaries: 1,228 km total
Coastline: 13,676 km Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
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. |
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