Greece Itholakala echosheni eliseningizimu yeNhlonhlo yaseBalkan. Inendawo engamakhilomitha-skwele ayi-131.957, futhi izingqimba zayo zilinganiselwa cishe ku-15.000 km.
Insimu yayo inezindawo ezintathu ezindawo, izwekazi laseGrisi, inhlonhlo ye Peloponnesus, kanye neziqhingi ezimele ingxenye yesihlanu yengqikithi yezwe. Imingcele yamaGrikhi inemngcele osentshonalanga yoLwandle i-Ionian kanti empumalanga yi Mar I-Aegean, lapho kutholakala khona iziqhingi eziningi zamaGrikhi. Iziqhingi kuphela e-Aegean ezingesona isiGreki yi-Imbros neTenedos. Inani leziqhingi e- Greece kuyehluka ngokwencazelo ekhethiwe.
Ekubalweni kwabantu ngo-2001, iziqhingi ezingu-169 zazihlala abantu, kodwa ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yazo yayinezakhamuzi ezingaphansi kuka-50. Usayizi walezi ziqhingi ezakhiwe usukela kumakhilomitha-skwele ama-3 kuye ku- I-Delos, kumakhilomitha-skwele angu-8.263 we IKrethe.
Ayikho iphuzu le- Greece Kukude nolwandle, ePeloponnese nasenkabeni yeGreece, iqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-50 kuphela. Eqinisweni, azikho izintaba eGrisi lapho ulwandle lungabonakali khona.
Greece Itholakala emhlanganweni wamacwecwe ama-tectonic ase-Afrika nase-Eurasia. Ngesikhathi se- Mesozoic, yayimbozwe ulwandle iTethys lapho iMedithera iyinsalela. Ukusondela phakathi kwamapuleti kudale ukunyakaza kwe-alpine lapho izintaba zaseGrisi ziyingxenye yazo. Le nhlangano yaholela ekuqhekekeni kwepuleti lase-Eurasia okwadala ipuleti i-Aegean Sea.
Iphinde yakha izingqimba ezinkulu ngokwenza entshonalanga Greece yakhiwa nge-calcarium nasempumalanga ye-crystalline ne-metamorphic massifs. Ukunyakaza kwama-tectonic kuyaqhubeka futhi ngenxa yalesi sizathu kuba nokuzamazama komhlaba okuvamile. Ingxenye yokuzamazama komhlaba okwenzeka minyaka yonke ngo- Europa zenzeka eGrisi.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1830, owokuqala Isimo IsiGreki esizimele senkathi yanamuhla siyazalwa, ngemuva kwempi yokuzimela ngokumelene ne Imperio Ottoman.