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Cyprus GEOGRAPHY
Size: Third largest island in Mediterranean,
after Sicily
and Sardinia. 9,251 square kilometers, of which 1,733
square
kilometers forested. Length, 225 kilometers; maximum
breadth, 96.5
kilometers. Situated in eastern Mediterranean, about 386
kilometers
north of Egypt, 97 kilometers west of Syria, and 64
kilometers
south of Turkey.
Topography: Principal topographic features
Troodos
Mountains: dry limestone hills including Kyrenia Range; a
broad
inland plain--the Mesaoria; and narrow coastlands. Highest
peak of
Troodos Mountains, Mount Olympus, rises to 1,952 meters.
Winter
rivers starting in the Troodos flow rapidly in all
directions. Two
large salt lakes; many springs along the sides of Troodos
Mountains
and Kyrenia Range.
Climate: Mediterranean, with cycle of hot, dry
summers
from June to September, rainy winters from November to
March, and
brief spring and fall seasons between. Substantial
differences,
both daily and seasonally, in temperatures of coastal and
inland
areas.
Data as of January 1991
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