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    The climate in Greece is predominantly Mediterranean. However, due to the country's geography, Greece has a wide range of micro-climates and local variations...
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  • The climate of Greece is changing by way of increased drought, flooding, wildfires and sea level rise. These extreme weather conditions are likely to...
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    Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders...
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    Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological...
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    The Ministry of the Environment and Energy (Greek: Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας) is a government department of Greece responsible for environmental...
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    be found on some parts of south Greece, and marginal areas of Italy in Sicily, Sardinia and Lampedusa. Cold semi-arid climates (type "BSk") tend to be...
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    There are several ways to classify climates into similar regimes. Originally, climes were defined in Ancient Greece to describe the weather depending upon...
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    The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist...
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    and architectural decoration. The climate of Greece is maritime, with both the coldness of winter and the heat of summer tempered by sea breezes. This...
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    generally characterized by a temperate climate. Most of Western Europe has an Oceanic climate, in the Köppen climate classification, featuring cool to warm...
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    Population of Greece: 11,306,183 (January 1, 2010) - 73rd most populous country Area of Greece: 131,990 km2 Atlas of Greece Environment of Greece Climate of Greece...
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    greatly in size as well as in climate. The country's largest island is Crete, with Euboea being second largest. Other large Greek islands include Rhodes and...
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    The wildlife of Greece includes the diverse flora, fauna, and funga of Greece, a country in southern Europe. The country is mostly mountainous with a very...
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    Climatology (redirect from Climate science)
    Climatology (from Greek κλίμα, klima, "slope"; and -λογία, -logia) or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as...
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  • cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk) which transitions to a mediterranean climate (Csa) on the western half of the city. According...
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    Sirocco (category Climate of Greece)
    Catalan: xaloc Maltese: xlokk Occitan: siròc or eisseròc Hungarian: sirokkó Greek: σορόκος, romanized: sorókos, or σιρόκος romanized: sirókos Albanian: jugu...
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  • Etesian (category Climate of Greece)
    Ancient Greek: ἐτησίαι, romanized: etēsiai, lit. 'periodic winds'; sometimes found in the Latin form etesiae), meltemia (Greek: μελτέμια; pl. of μελτέμι...
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    Crete (/kriːt/ KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest...
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    The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they...
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    Islands are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea...
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  • Weather Atlas. Yu Media Group. Retrieved 2019-07-03. "Athens, Greece - Detailed climate information and monthly weather forecast". Weather Atlas. Yu Media...
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    Aegean Sea (redirect from Sea of Aegea)
    (13–14 °C) and salinity (3.91–3.92%). The climate of the Aegean Sea largely reflects the climate of Greece and Western Turkey, which is to say, predominantly...
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    Athens (redirect from Capital of Greece)
    the capital and largest city of Greece. A major coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost...
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    Mediterranean climate (/ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən/ MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that...
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    contributed to the flow of tourists in the country. Thessaloniki was the European Youth Capital in 2014. Greece has a Mediterranean climate along its coasts...
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    Libeccio (category Climate of Greece)
    Serbo-Croatian: lebić [lěbitɕ]; Catalan: llebeig [ʎəˈβɛtʃ]; Maltese: Lbiċ; Greek: λίβας [ˈlivas]; Occitan: labech [laˈβetʃ]) is the westerly or south-westerly...
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    Geographic UK. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-12-09. "Bali, Greece - Monthly weather forecast and Climate data". Weather Atlas. Retrieved 24 January 2019. http://www...
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    Thebes (/ˈθiːbz/; Greek: Θήβα, Thíva [ˈθiva]; Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thêbai [tʰɛ̂ːbai̯]) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest continuously...
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    Piraeus (redirect from Piraeus, Greece)
    area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. "Climate Atlas of Greece" (PDF). Hellenic National Meteorological...
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    Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an...
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