Dikti (or Lassithiotika Ori) is a mountain range on the east of the island of Crete in the prefecture of Lassithi. On the west it extends to the prefecture of Irakleio. According to the Greek Mythology, Zeus was reared on this mountain in a cave called Dicteo Andro. On the north of the main massif, the plateau of Lassithi is located. The topology of the mountain range is rich with a lot of plateaus (Lassithi, Katharo, Omalos Viannou, Limnakaro), valleys and secondary peaks. Some important peaks are Spathi 2148m, Afentis Christos/Psari Madara 2141m, Lazaros 2085m, Katharo Tsivi 1665m, Afentis 1571m, Selena 1559m, Platia Korfi 1489m. The main masif forms a horse-shoe around the valley of Selakano. Large part of the mountain area, including the Selakano valley, are forested with pines (pinus brutia), kermes oaks (quercus coccifera), cypresses (cupressus sempervirens), holm oaks (quercus ilex) and Cretan maples (acer sempervirens). The fertile valleys and plateaus of Dikti are of significant importance in the local economy.
External links
See also
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Tuesday June 10, 2008 at 17:29:12 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.