central), Epirus (north west), Macedonia (north), Thrace (north west). Also Greece consists of many islands and island complexes: Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Ionian, Sporades, Saronic and Eastern Aegean islands.
- Athens is the capital of Greece. It belongs to the Prefecture of Attica, in the centre of the Greek territory.
- Characteristics of the regions: The Peloponnese actually looks like an island connected to the mainland with two bridges: the bridge at the Corinth Canal and the cable bridge of Rio-Antirrio. Peloponnese is located in the southern part of Greece. The inland is dissected by high mountains that extend southwards towards a landscape of fertile plains, pine forested uplands and craggy foothills.
- The Greek islands: There are more than 2,000 islands scattered both in the Aegean and the Ionian Seas. The majority is located in the Aegean between the mainland and Turkey.
The largest Greek island is Crete and the second largest is Evia. Lesvos and Rhodes come next.
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Greece is a mountainous country. The the highest point is at Mount Olympus, at an altitude of 2917m.
The country is very rich in natural resources providing petroleum, magnetite, lignite, bauxite, hydropower and marble. |
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Greece Geography: Greece is a peninsular and mountainous country located in Southern-Eastern Europe, in the Balkans peninsula. Although the inland is pretty mountainous, the country has the largest coastline in Europe (13,676km) due to its numerous islands. Greece has totally more than 2,000 Greek islands but only 168 are inhabited. The country is surrounded by two big seas, the Aegean and the Ionian seas, which include other smaller seas. 
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