<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Greece<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Balkan State, Southern Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Bulgaria
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 131,940 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 130,800 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly smaller than Alabama
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<item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 1,210 km, Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 228 km
<item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 13,676 km
<item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>continental shelf:</hi> 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
<item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 6 nm, but Greece has threatened to claim 12 nm
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<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> air, continental shelf, and territorial water disputes with Turkey in Aegean Sea; Cyprus question; dispute with The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over name and symbol implying territorial claim
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 40%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 20%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 9%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 11,900 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> air pollution; water pollution
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to severe earthquakes
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified—Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands