Crete is very mountainous, and its character is defined by a high mountain range crossing from west to east, formed by three different groups of mountains:
I-Krethe iyintaba, futhi umlingiswa wayo uchazwa uhla lwezintaba eziphakeme ezisuka entshonalanga ziye empumalanga, ezakhiwe ngamaqembu amathathu ahlukene wezintaba: