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Corinth (/ ˈ k ɒr ɪ n θ / KORR-inth; Greek: Κόρινθος, romanized: Kórinthos, Modern Greek pronunciation: [ˈkorinθos]) is a municipality in Corinthia in Greece.The successor to the ancient city of Corinth, it is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece.
Gulf of Corinth as seen from the mountains near upper Ziria. To the right of the photo we can see the Trizonia island. The gulf was created by the expansion of a tectonic rift due to the westward movement of the Anatolian Plate, and expands by 10 mm (0.39 in) per year. [3]
The Corinth Canal (Greek: Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου, romanized: Dioryga tis Korinthou) is an artificial canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.
Other hypotheses include: steeply dipping faults abut at a low-angle seismically active detachment, [11] or they undergo a progressive down-dip curvature and merge into low-angle detachments. [1] The seismic activity of the Corinth rift is monitored by the Corinth Rift Laboratory, [ 12 ] an international observatory belonging the European Plate ...
Corinth (British English: / ˈ k ɒr ɪ n θ / KORR-inth, American English: / ˈ k ɔːr ɪ n θ /; Ancient Greek: Κόρινθος Korinthos; Doric Greek: Ϙόρινθος; Latin: Corinthus) was a city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese peninsula to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
[11] The title 'League of Corinth' was invented by modern historians because the first council of the League took place in Corinth, albeit the Greek word synedrion is better translated as congress or conference rather than league. The adjective Hellenic derives from Hellenikos meaning "pertaining to Greece and Greeks".
Zante currants, Corinth raisins, Corinthian raisins or outside the United States simply currants, are raisins of the small, sweet, seedless grape cultivar Black Corinth (Vitis vinifera).
Clasa II: compulsory 9–10 Clasa III: compulsory 10–11 Clasa IV: compulsory Gymnasium (Middle school) Age Grade Type 11–12 Clasa V: compulsory 12–13 Clasa VI: compulsory 13–14 Clasa VII: compulsory 14–15 Clasa VIII: compulsory Lyceum (Secondary School) Age Grade Type 15–16 Clasa IX: compulsory 16–17 Clasa X: compulsory 17–18 ...