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As the trend in the Earth Impact Database for about 26 confirmed craters younger than a million years old shows that almost all are less than two km (1.2 mi) in diameter (except the three km (1.9 mi) Agoudal and four km (2.5 mi) Rio Cuarto), the suggestion that two large craters, Mahuika (20 km (12 mi)) and Burckle (30 km (19 mi)), formed only ...
Potidaea (/ ˌ p ɒ t ɪ ˈ d iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Ποτίδαια, Potidaia, also Ποτείδαια, Poteidaia [1]) was a colony founded by the Corinthians around 600 BC in the narrowest point of the peninsula of Pallene, the westernmost of three peninsulas at the southern end of Chalcidice in northern Greece. [2]
Crete is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Greece. 15% of all arrivals in Greece come through the city of Heraklion (port and airport), while charter journeys to Heraklion make up about 20% of all charter flights in Greece Archived 29 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. The number of hotel beds on the island increased by 53% in the ...
Greece is located in South Eastern Europe, bordering the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a peninsular country, with an archipelago of about 3,000 islands. It has a total area of 131,957 km 2 (50,949 sq mi), [6] of which land area is 130,647 km 2 and internal waters (lakes and rivers) account for 1,310 km 2.
The Drake is part of the most voluminous ocean current in the world, with up to 5,300 million cubic feet flowing per second. Squeezed into the narrow passage, the current increases, traveling west ...
2 million 375 112 60.3 Philippines: Lake Titicaca: tectonic fresh, permanent 3 million 8372 893 281 107 Bolivia, Peru: Lake Prespa: tectonic fresh, permanent 1.5-5 million 259 4.8 54 18.7 Albania, Greece, North Macedonia: Lake Ohrid: tectonic fresh, permanent 1.5-5 million 358.18 53.63 286.7 163.71 Albania North Macedonia: Lake Malawi: tectonic ...
Last year, a whopping 33 million tourists visited Greece—over thrice the country’s population. More tourism means a greater economic boost by propping up local business activities.
Density (km 2) Density (sq mi) Country Notes Peloponnese: 1,100,071 (2011) 51.05 132.2 Greece: Peninsula (connected to mainland by a narrow isthmus which is crossed by a canal with no lock) Södertörn: 797,334 (2015) 664.4 1,721 Sweden ( Södermanland) Peninsula (connected to mainland by a narrow isthmus which is crossed by a canal) Delmarva ...