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Geographic Greece

Geographic Themes of Greece

LOCATION
o Absolute

- Latitude: 3900 North

- Longitude:   2200 East of the prime meridian
Relative Location
o Spatial:
- borders the countries Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

- Borders the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea
Relative Location
o Direction and Distance

- 6241 miles NE of   Dallas, Texas
- 324 miles S of Sofia, Bulgaria
- 457 miles SSW of Bucharest, Romania
- 646 miles ESE of Rome, Italy

Size: Greece = Alabama

Mercator Map of Greece ca. 1598

Conic Map of Greece
o Equidistant Conic Projection

Planar Map of Southern Europe
o Using azimuthal equidistant projection

PLACE
Physical Characteristics

Physical Characteristics
o LAND USE
- 8% permanent crops
- 41% permanent pastures
- 20% forest and woodlands
- 19 % arable land
- 12% other use

Vegetation
o Olive Trees
o Capers
o Grapes
o Grasses
o Fig Trees
o Lemon Trees
o Cypress Trees
o Eucalyptus Trees
Vegetation
o Orange Trees
o Orange Grove
Plants
o Palm Trees

Climate
o Mild, wet winters
o Hot, dry summers

o Average Temperature 64 degrees Fahrenheit
Year-Round Average Temperatures & Precipitation

Soil
o Fertile
o Volcanic
o A Greek legend claims   that God distributed all                               of the available soil   through a sieve and used                               the stones that remained   to build Greece.

Bodies of Water
o The Corinth Canal in Greece joins the Ionian and Aegean Seas
o The Mediterranean Sea borders southern Greece

Natural Resources
o Bauxite
o Lignite
o Magnesite
o Petroleum
o Hydro Power
o Pumice
o Marble

o The Parthenon on the Acropolis was built with solid Greek marble

Landforms
o Mostly mountainous with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands

Islands

o Over 3000 islands and outcrops surround the Greek mainland, including Crete, Corfu, Rhodes, and Mykonos...