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Zarkos
Ζάρκος
Zarkos Mountains and Zarko village in Trikala prefecture, Greece.
Highest point
Elevation734 m (2,408 ft)
Coordinates39°39′25″N 22°08′13″E / 39.657°N 22.137°E / 39.657; 22.137
Geography
Zarkos is located in Greece
Zarkos
Zarkos
Location within Greece
LocationThessaly, Greece

The Zarkos (Greek: Ζάρκος) is a small mountain range in central Thessaly in Greece. It is situated on the border of the Larissa and the Trikala regional unit. Its highest point is 734 m. It is 15 km long and 12 km wide and covers and area of 100 to 150 km2. Grasslands are in the lower elevations and forests in the higher elevations. It is drained by the river Titarisios to the north and the Pineios to the south.

In 2021, the area experienced a series of ruptures along the seismic basement.[1]

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  1. Sboras, Sotiris; Pavlides, Spyros; Kilias, Adamantios; Galanakis, Dimitris; Chatziioannou, Athanasios; Chatzipetros, Alexandros (2022). "The Geological Structure and Tectonic Complexity of Northern Thessaly That Hosted the March 2021 Seismic Crisis". Geotechnics. 2 (4): 935–960. doi:10.3390/geotechnics2040044.