Physical Geography
Greece is located in Southern Europe, bordering the Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey. It is in a strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and the southern entrance to the Turkish Straits. It is a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 3,000 islands.
It has a total area of 131 940 km² Of this, land area is 130 800 km², internal waters (Lakes and rivers) account for 1 140 km². Land boundaries measure 1,228 km, bordering Albania 282 km, Republic of Macedonia 228 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km
Greece's coastline measures 15 021 km.
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Macedonia
Thessaly
Sporades
Islands
Epirus
Central Greece
Thrace
Peloponnese
Attica
Cyclades
Dodecanese
North Aegean
Islands
Crete
Ionian
Islands
Albania
Rep. Macedonia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea
Ionian- Sea Aegean- Sea |
| Regions of Greece |
| ATHENS Thessaloniki . . . . |
| Cities and islands of Greece |
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