Cishe i-80% yensimu yaseGrisi ihlala izintaba namathafa. Ngokuyinhloko izintaba zokuphakama okuphakathi ziyabusa: kusuka kumamitha ayi-1200 kuye kwayi-1800. Impumuzo uqobo lwayo iyahlukahluka. Iningi lezintaba alinamithi futhi linamadwala, kepha ezinye zazo zingcwatshwe ngohlaza. Izinhlelo ezinkulu zezintaba zimi kanje:
- AmaPindus noma amaPindos - ahlala maphakathi nezwekazi iGrisi, aqukethe amaqolo amaningana, futhi phakathi kwawo kunezigodi ezinhle kakhulu;
- uhla lwezintaba iTimfri, amachibi asezintabeni ahlangana phakathi kwalezi ziqongo;
- Izintaba iRhodope noma iRhodope zitholakala phakathi kweGrisi neBulgaria, zibizwa nangokuthi "Izintaba ezibomvu", ziphansi impela;
- uhla lwezintaba i-Olympus.
Lezi ziqongo zezintaba zimbozwe uhlaza ezindaweni ezithile. Kwezinye kunamagebe nemigede.
Izintaba ezidume kakhulu eGrisi
Yiqiniso, ethandwa kakhulu futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo intaba ephakeme kunazo zonke eGrisi yi-Olympus, ubude bayo bufinyelela kumamitha angu-2917. Itholakala esifundeni saseThesaly naseCentral Macedonia. Intaba yase-Ovejana enezinganekwane nezinsumansumane ezahlukahlukene, futhi ngokusho kwezinganekwane zakudala, lapha kwahlala onkulunkulu abangama-12 bama-Olimpiki, ababekhonzwa ngamaGrikhi asendulo. Lapha kwakukhona isihlalo sobukhosi sikaZeus. Ukukhuphukela phezulu kuthatha cishe amahora ayisithupha. Ukukhuphuka kwentaba kuveza indawo engeke ilibaleke.
Enye yezintaba ezaziwa kakhulu zamaGrikhi asendulo nanamuhla yiMount Paranas. Nayi indawo engcwele ka-Apollo. Eduze kwatholakala indawo yaseDelphi, lapho kwakuhlala khona ama-oracle. Manje kukhona indawo yokushibilika eqhweni lapha, kunezindawo zokushushuluza emithambekeni, futhi kwakhiwe amahhotela athokomele.
IMount Taygetus iphakama ngaphezu kweSparta, amaphuzu aphakeme kakhulu yi-Ilias neProfitis. Abantu babiza le ntaba "ngeminwe emihlanu" ngoba intaba ineziqongo ezinhlanu. Uma ukude zifana nesandla somuntu, sengathi kukhona oqoqe iminwe yazo ndawonye. Izindlela eziningi ziholela phezulu, ngakho-ke akunzima ukukhuphuka.
Ngokungafani nezinye izintaba zamaGrikhi, iPelion imbozwe ngohlaza. Izihlahla eziningi zikhula lapha, nezichibi zezintaba zigeleza. Kunemizana eyishumi nambili emithambekeni yentaba.
Ngaphezu kwalezi ziqongo, iGrisi inamaphuzu aphakeme kangako:
- Zmolikas;
- ENige;
- Ama-Grammos;
- Gyona;
- UVardusya;
- Ida;
- Lefka Ori.
Ngakho-ke, iGrisi iyizwe lesithathu elinezintaba eYurophu ngemuva kweNorway ne-Albania. Kunezintaba eziningana zezintaba lapha. Eziningi zazo ziyizinto ezinqotshwa izivakashi nabagibeli abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba.