_#_Coastline: 13,676 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation;
Territorial sea: 6 nm
_#_Disputes: complex maritime and air (but not territorial) disputes with Turkey in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question; Macedonia question with Bulgaria and Yugoslavia; Northern Epirus question with Albania
_#_Climate: temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
_#_Terrain: mostly mountains with ranges extending into sea as peninsulas or chains of islands
_#_Natural resources: bauxite, lignite, magnesite, crude oil, marble
_#_Land use: arable land 23%; permanent crops 8%; meadows and pastures 40%; forest and woodland 20%; other 9%; includes irrigated 7%
_#_Environment: subject to severe earthquakes; air pollution; archipelago of 2,000 islands