Geographically - morphological elements of island Crete

The region of Crete, is constituted by the prefectures of Heraklion, Lasithi, Rethimno and Chania and Heraklion is the Capital of homonym prefecture. It borders North by Cretan Sea and Southerly by the Lybian sea. It has total extent of 8.335 km2 and covers the 6,3% of total extent of country. In the Region of Crete belong also enough small islands as Gaydos, Ntia, Koyfonisj, Gaidouronisj or Chrysh, Dionysades, Spjnalongka and Paksimadi, from that most are uninhabited.
The morphology of Crete is characterized by the existence of three basic areas: the area with altitude 400 m. and more (high or mountainous), area from 200-400 m. (medium) and the low area that concerns the regions that are extended by the surface of sea until the 200 m. altitude. The two first areas occupy almost the 3/5 of island and constitute a continuous mountain range from western to Eastern, interrupted from small valleys and gorges. This mountain range has six tops that exceed the 2.000 m.
Her climate is considered one from softer and healthiest in Europe. The island is a lot of mountainous. The deep gorges separate his enormous mountains ( mount With, mount Philoritis, mount Dikti) leading to fertile valleys creating at the same time a landscape full surprises that holds in the visitor fluctuations from thin in thin in green and serene. More from enough 3,000 big and small caves, from them with impressive stalactites and stalagmites, present particular interest and decorate the mountains.
Rocky coasts and immense sandy beaches compose the coastal landscape. Stone rural houses, villages built in high plateaus, monasteries, castles and chapels there are in the country. Villages with intense the element of green, from olives, vineyards and citrus fruits, add colour of life in the sometimes wild landscape, in which the traditional Cretan rhythms of life have not changed in the passage of centuries: coffee under the shade of age old trees, traditional dances, spring and pentozali together with the sound the Cretan liras and gently Cretan wine.
Old cities wrapped from slip roads that hide in their passage churches and ruins of palaces.
Names as Knossos, Festus, Malia, Zakros, Aptera, Latw, and Arkadi played one important role in the history of island from the Neolithic as modern season. Many nations as Roman, Arabian, Venetian, Turks and Germans have entered and have occupied Crete at the duration his history. All more they compose the multidimensional picture of Crete, in the ground of which bloomed one from the more important cultures minoikos and was the place of birth of so much important artists and writers as the EL Greco, the Damaskinos, the Kazantzakis and a lot of other.