Katharo is a
plateau on the
Dikti mountain on the island of
Crete, in the regional unit of
Lassithi. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of
Agios Nikolaos, (municipal division of
Kritsa). It is from
Kritsa (asphalt road) and from Mesa Lassithi (rough mountain road). It is long, wide and at an average altitude of above sea level, ( higher than Lasithi Plateau). On the West of the Katharo are the peaks of Spathi and Lazaros , and on the North East and East are the peaks of Tsivi and Platia Koryfi . The waters of the Plateau drain through the Havgas gorge into the much larger but lower Plateau of Lassithi, i.e. Katharo is part of river Aposelemis drainage area.
