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Geography: About four-fifths of Greece is mountain which incorporate most of the islands around Greece. Mountain Olympus is one of the highest peak and was the legendary home of the ancient Gods. The four observable geographical regions that Greece has is Pindus, Epirus, Thessaly, and Thrace. Pindus divide Northern Greece into damp mountains while Epirus is in the West and sunny, dry plains and lesser mountain ranges. The Eastern region which is Thessaly is mainly all plains, and Thrace which is “new” land. The Greek ivers are not accessible, many of them dry up in the summer. They become rushing mountain streams in the spring. Greece is located above Eurasian and the African Tectonic Plates, that causes frequent earthquakes and
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The expansion stood at 2.9%, and the crash of unemployed people was reported at 17%. The Greek economy suffers from a insufficiency of explocity natural resources and a low percentage of modern evolution corresponding to the rest of Western Europe. Greece had fallen after Portugal became an underprivileged European Community representative with the corridor into the EU of 10 primarily Eastern European nations in 2004. In 2010, agriculture achieved about 4% of GDP but employed about 12.4% of the labor force. Agricultural transport included tobacco, cotton, wheat, raisins, currants, fresh fruits, tomato products, olive oil, and olives. The industry alleged for about 17.9% of GDP and 22.4% of the labor force. Services administered some 78.8% of GDP, employing 65.1% of the labor force. Next to food alteration, textile manufacturing used to be the most critical industry, but chemicals, metals, and machinery have exceeded it in recent years. The paper industry has been a fast-growing since 1980. Greece has accelerated the foreign assets in the advancement of its mineral assets by constitutionally providing agreements for capital and profits. The government has aided tourism, which has advanced into a major source of revenue. Greece continues to play an assertive role in the global shipping …show more content…
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