Greece

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Greece is famous for it’s natural beauty. The land is mountainous and rugged, and as the ancient Greek geographer Strabo wrote, “the sea presses in upon the country with a thousand arms”. In natural resources, however, the country is relatively poor.
The central mountain area consists of the Pindus Mountains, which run north to south, and are sparsely populated. There’s also a damp, mountainous region in the west. Eastern Thessaly, Macedonia, and Thrace have dry, sunny plains and low mountain ranges. Central Greece contains the Athenian plain, Greece’s most famous region. The Peloponnisos peninsula in the south is mountainous with narrow valleys. The islands, most of which are in the Aegean, are high, stony, and dry.
With a typical Mediterranean climate, Greece’s lowlands have, dry summers and rainy winters. The mountain areas are much cooler, with considerable rain in the summers, and snow in the winter. Greece has few natural resources of economic value. Exceptions include significant petroleum and natural gas deposits, located under the Aegean Sea, near the island of Thasos. Deposits of bauxite and iron ore are rich in metal. Greece is missing some commercially important minerals, such as nickel, copper, uranium, and magnesium. Although the waters surrounding the country are inhabited by a large variety of fish, few spicies are plentiful....