Friday, December 7, 2007

Valley of Tempi


Valley of Tempi, originally uploaded by Ava Babili.

The Valley of Tempi is an extensive narrow valley of the Pinios River, characterized by high rocky slopes, steep declivities, wooded slopes, a riverside forest, and maquis. This valuable woodland, holding the natural springs of Agia Paraskevi, is situated between the Lower Olympus massif and Mount Ossa. From a geological point of view, the area contains carbonate rocks, schistose, serpentine and gneiss. It also displays limestone-bearing crags, gallery forests harboring Salix alba and Populus alba, forests consisting of Oriental planes (Platanion orientalis) and evergreen oaks (Quercus ilex).

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