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Greece is a hotspot area of biodiveristy! Due to the great range of climatic and geomorphologic conditions, species and ecosystems diversity is high. Greece entirely lies in the Mediterranean biogeographical region, with ecosystems ranging from semi-desert and maquis, to cold climate mountain forests of birch, scots pine and spruce. Wetlands (rivers, estuaties, deltas, lagoons, shallow lakes, shallow marine formations, and marshes) cover a relatively wide area (210.000 hectares) and forests cover nearly 30% of the country's territory.

About two-thirds of the Greek territory is covered by a hilly or mountainous terrain, with the typical landscape being rugged and steep. Greece has a very extensive coastline of about 15.000 kilometres and about 3.000 islands, which represent 20% of the land area. The coastline is mainly rocky and sandy with about 5% wetlands

Greek flora and fauna are among the richest in Europe: more than 5.500 plant species have been recorded, with a large number of endemic species, due to the isolation of mountains and islands. Nearly all mammal species recorded are indigenous, as well as 85% of freshwater fish species.

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This link shows the protected areas of Greece according to Natura 2000.

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Πατριδογνωσία-Geogreece

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Map of the 440 Greek areas in the european network Natura 2000

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Crocidura zimmermanni

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Acomys minous

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Macrovipera schweizeri

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Anguis cephallonica

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Aristotle’s catfish (Silurus aristotelis)

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Karpathos Lycian salamander (Lyciasalamandra helverseni)

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Peloponnese wall lizard (Podarcis peloponnesiacus)

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Kri-kri (Capra aegagrus cretica)