<P> 80 % of Greece is mountainous . The Pindus mountain range lies across the center of the country in a northwest - to - southeast direction , with a maximum elevation of 2,637 m . Extensions of the same mountain range stretch across the Peloponnese and underwater across the Aegean , forming many of the Aegean Islands including Crete , and joining with the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey . Central and western Greece contain high and steep peaks intersected by many canyons and other karstic landscapes , including the Meteora and the Vikos Gorges -- the latter being the world 's deepest canyon in proportion to its width , and the third deepest after the Copper Canyon in Mexico and the Grand Canyon in the United States , plunging vertically for more than 1,100 metres . </P>
<P> 80 % of Greece is mountainous . The Pindus mountain range lies across the center of the country in a northwest - to - southeast direction , with a maximum elevation of 2,637 m . Extensions of the same mountain range stretch across the Peloponnese and underwater across the Aegean , forming many of the Aegean Islands including Crete , and joining with the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey . Central and western Greece contain high and steep peaks intersected by many canyons and other karstic landscapes , including the Meteora and the Vikos Gorges -- the latter being the world 's deepest canyon in proportion to its width , and the third deepest after the Copper Canyon in Mexico and the Grand Canyon in the United States , plunging vertically for more than 1,100 metres . </P>
which mountains extend through the center of greece
which mountains extend through the center of greece
Pindus mountain range
Pindus mountain range