Uwarunkowania współczesnych procesów rzeźbotwórczych w Grecji

The aim of the paper was to identify the main factors affecting contemporary relief-forming processes in Greece. The analysis focused on areas with a varied type of relief. These were: high mountains, mountains of intermediate and low relief as well as valley and basin bottoms. The orographic diversity of Greece is the consequence of internal processes associated with the Alpine orogenesis and the neotectonic rejuvenation of relief. Lithology is considered to be of much lesser importance as its impact was mainly local. Contemporary morphogenetic processes in Greece are also conditioned by morphometric and lithological factors. In addition to that, many centuries of anthropopressure significantly affect the shaping of relief in this area. Locally, it is more significant than climatic influence.