Location:
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
Geographic coordinates:
39 00 N, 22 00 E
Map references:
Europe
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
131,957 sq km
country comparison to the world: 97
land:
130,647 sq km
water:
1,310 sq km
Area comparison map:
total:
1,110 km
border countries:
Albania 212 km, Bulgaria 472 km, Macedonia 234 km, Turkey 192 km
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
13,676 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
territorial sea:
12 nm
continental shelf:
200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
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mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mount Olympus 2,917 m
lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential
arable land:
18.95%
permanent crops:
8.73%
other:
72.32% (2011)
15,550 sq km (2007)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
74.25 cu km (2011)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
total:
9.47 cu km/yr (9%/2%/89%)
per capita:
841.4 cu m/yr (2007)
severe earthquakes
volcanism:
Santorini (elev. 367 m) has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; although there have been very few eruptions in recent centuries, Methana and Nisyros in the Aegean are classified as historically active
air pollution; water pollution
party to:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands