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The country of Greece is located in southeastern Europe, on the south of the Balkanic peninsula. Greece is surrounded to the north by Bulgaria, the Macedonia and by Albania; to the west by the Ionian Sea; to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the east by the Aegean Sea. The country ranges approximately in latitude from 35°00′N to 42°00′N and in longitude from 19°00′E to 28°30′E. As a result, it has considerable climactic variation, as discussed below. The country consists of a large mainland; the Peloponnese, peninsula connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth; and around 3000 islands, including Crete, Rhodes, Corfu, the Dodecanese and the Cyclades. The Greece has 15000 kilometres (9300 mi.) of littoral. 80% of the Greece is mountainous. Thus that country is one of the most mountainous countries of Europe. Western Greece contains lakes and wetlands. The Pindus Mountains lie in the country's centre, with an average elevation of 2650 m. They continue by means of the islands of Kythera, Antikythera for to find its end in the islands of Crete and Rhodes. The islands of the Aegean Sea are peaks of underwater mountains that are a geological extension its. Central and Western Greece contain high and steep peaks dissected by many canyons and other karstic landscapes, including the Meteora and the Vikos Gorges - the latter being one of the largest of the world and the second deepest after the Grand Canyon, plunging vertically for more than 1100 meters. The mount Olympus is the highest point of the Greece, to 2919 m above the sea level. It's also the fourth highest of the Europe. Northern Greece presents the Rhodope, located in East Macedonia and Thrace; that area is covered with vast and thick forests. Plains also are found in Eastern Thessaly, in central Macedonia and in Thrace.
Climate Greece's climate is divided into three classes: The southern suburbs of Athens are in the Mediterranean zone, while northern suburbs have a temperate climate. Fauna and flora 50% of the Greece is covered by forests with a rich varied vegetation which spans from Alpine coniferous to the Mediterranean type vegetation. Seals, sea turtle and other rare marine life live in the seas around Greece, while Greece's forests provide home to Western Europe's last brown bears and lynx and to wolves, Roe Deer, Wild Goat, foxes and boars, amongst others. Details
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