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Geomorphology and Climate

The landscape of the village is rough and mountain- Topography Ground Elevation
ous, with steep slopes and deep valleys where small Topography
streams flow that feed the river Koutis – an offshoot

of the Merikas river. The settlement is surrounded by
high, wooded mountain peaks with a height exceed-
ing 1,000 meters. From a geological point of view, the

administrative area of the village is dominated by the
lavas and diabases of the Troodos Ophiolite Complex. On top of these rocks, fens (shallow soils) and siliceous soils

The Troodos Ophiolite Complex is thought to be part of (rocks containing plenty of silicon) developed. Some of the rocks
an ancient oceanic crust and the earth’s upper mantle. in the area that belong to the lower stratigraphic part of the Com-
plex, are the plutonites, (olivine, pyroxenes, plagioclasts, etc.).
These rocks are products of crystallization of part of the magma

that came from a partial melting of the upper mantle of the earth.
The climate is Mediterranean with long hot summers and short

mild winters. Temperatures are relatively low in the winter sea-
son, around 5°C which sometimes reach 0°C and high in the
summer which range around 27°C. The village receives an av-

erage annual rainfall of about 550 millimeters. Snowfalls are
not very frequent and do not exceed one snowfall per year.

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