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==Geography==
[[Image:Meteora valley, Meteora, Greece.jpg|thumb|center|600px|Panoramic view of [[Meteora]] valley]]
[[File:MakTempeTal01.jpg|thumb|[[Vale of Tempe]]]]
[[File:Volos view from Pelion.JPG|thumb|[[Volos]] view from [[Pelion]] mountain.]]
[[File:Lithaiosrivertrikala.jpg|thumb|Litheos river flowing through the city of [[Trikala]]]]
[[File:Skiathos view - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Skiathos]] island]]

Thessaly occupies the east side of the [[Pindus]] watershed, extending south from Macedonia to the [[Aegean Sea]]. The northern tier of Thessaly is defined by a generally southwest–northeast spur of the Pindus range that includes [[Mount Olympus]], close to the Macedonian border. Within that broken spur of mountains are several basins and river valleys.

The easternmost extremity of the spur extends southeastward from Mount Olympus along the Aegean coast, terminating in the [[Magnesia Prefecture|Magnesia]] Peninsula that envelops the [[Pagasetic Gulf]] (also called the Gulf of Volos), and forms an inlet of the Aegean Sea. Thessaly's major river, the [[Pineios (Thessaly)|Pineios]], flows eastward from the central Pindus Range just south of the spur, emptying into the [[Thermaic Gulf]].

The [[Trikala]] and [[Larissa]] lowlands form a [[Thessalian plain|central plain]] which is surrounded by a ring of mountains. It has distinct summer and winter seasons, with summer rains augmenting the fertility of the plains. This has led to Thessaly occasionally being called the "breadbasket of Greece".

The region is well delineated by topographical boundaries. The [[Chasia]] and [[Kamvounia]] mountains lie to the north, the Mount Olympus massif to the northeast. To the west lies the Pindus mountain range, to the southeast the coastal mountains of [[Óssa]] and [[Pelion]].

Several tributaries of the Pineios flow through the region.

=== Climate ===
Most of the province has a [[Mediterranean climate|hot summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Csa''), but also found is a [[Semi-arid climate|cold semi-arid climate]] (''BSk'') including the capital [[Larissa]] (on its [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]] edge of category). Even in the north of Thessaly a rare [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa'') can be found, although it is different from a climate typically below or above the tropics, it also marks the limit of this rare ''Cf'' subtype on the [[Europe|European continent]] (e. g. the small village of Kalvia).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/mpeel/koppen.html|title=Updated Köppen-Geiger climate map of the world|website=people.eng.unimelb.edu.au|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref>