Climate And Food Of Greece
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Climate
GREEK CLIMATE
Greece has a climate all its own. Greece has fairly warm temperatures all year round and
is very nice to live in…well according to the climate. Greece is located in Europe, next to
Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is theoretically possible for it to snow in Greece, but it
is very, very rare to see. Though it may seem like a nice place to live with it being warm
and on the ocean and all But Greece is surprisingly very dry due to its long summers of 4
months.
Here is what the average daily temperature is like in Athens (Fahrenheit):
January: 55
February: 57
March: 60
April: 68
May: 77
June: 86
July: 92
August: 92
September: 84
October: 75
November: 66
December: 58
Crops and Food Grown in Greece
There are many crops grown in Greece due to the fact that all parts of Greece are no more
then 90 miles from the sea. The excessive summers and the combination of the nearby
sea makes Greece and extremely habitable place for crops and plants.
Many types of olives are grown in Greece, some include:
Amfissa: Black and round with a nutty-sweet taste, from the mainland
Green: Large and crunchy with a mild flavor, found on various islands
Cracked Green: Made by cracking unripe green olives, placing them in water for several weeks to remove their bitterness, then storing them in brine
Black: Small, wrinkled, dry-cured olives with very strong flavor from the island of Thassos.
About 30 percent of the land area is workable, the remainder of the land consists of
shrub or forest. Only in the plains of Thessaly, Macedonia, and Thrace is cultivation
possible on a large scale. Here corn (maize), wheat, barley, sugar beets and tobacco
are grown. Greece is a major provider of tobacco.
How Greek Foods fit into Canada’s Food Guide
Greek Foods fit into Canada’s food guide very nicely. Greece has everything except that it’s not in large quantities due to their country’s size. They have fruit, vegetables. Cheese, meat (fish mostly), herbs and spices, and many desserts including baklava. So Greek foods have everything Canada does except in a wider variety and styles.
Mountains of Greece
Greece has an extremely good variety of mountains on which it snows regularly, including:
Name Altitude Geographical department
Antichassia 1.424 Thessalia
Athos
2.033 Macedonia
Avgo (Northern Pindos)
2.177 Macedonia
Avgo (Southern Pindos) 2.148 Thessalia
Chelidona 1.975 Central Greece (Sterea)
Delidimi (2) 2.163 Thessalia
Dikti 2.148 Creta
Dirfi 1.743 Evoia
Elikon
1.748 Central Greece (Sterea)
Erymanthos
2.227 Peloponnese
Falakro 2.232 Macedonia
Gerania
1.351 Attiki
Ghiona
2.510 Central Greece (Sterea)
Grammos 2.520 Epirus
Hadji 2.038 Thessalia
Helmos
2.340 Peloponnese
Kaimaktsalan
2.524 Macedonia
Kakarditsa (1) 2.429 Epirus
Kaliakouda 2.101 Central Greece (Sterea)
Kandili 1.246 Evoia
Karava 2.184 Thessalia
Katarahias (1) 2.280 Epirus
Kedros 1.777 Creta
Kitheron
1.409 Attiki
Koziakas
1.901 Thessalia
Lakmos (Peristeri) (1) 2.295 Epirus
Lefka Ori (White Mountains) 2.452 Creta
Mainalo
1.981 Peloponnese
Mavrovouni 1.189 Evoia
Mitsikeli 1.810 Epirus
Ochi 1.398 Evoia
Oiti
2.115 Central Greece (Sterea)
Oligyrtos 1.635 Peloponnese
Olympus, Olympos 1.172 Evia
Olympus, Olympos
2.917 Macedonia
Ori Siteias (Mountains of Siteia) 1.476 Creta
Orvilos 2.212 Macedonia
Ossa (Kissavos) 1.958 Thessalia
Oxya 1.926 Central Greece (Sterea)
Paggaio
1.956 Macedonia
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