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Terrain in Ethiopia


Terrain in Ethiopia

High plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley,low lands in the eastern and western most of the country
  • Elevation extremes�: lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m ((-410 ft)
    highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m (15,157 ft)
  • Natural hazards�: geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts
  • Geography - note�: landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile, rises in T'ana Hayk (Lake Tana) in northwest Ethiopia; three major crops are believed to have originated in Ethiopia: coffee, grain sorghum, and castor bean.

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