Ethiopia: Geography#
| Location | Eastern Africa, west of Somalia |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 8 00 N, 38 00 E 8.0,38.0 |
| Area | total: 1,104,300 sq km land: 1 million sq km water: 104,300 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 1104300 DBpedia: 1104296 Geoname: 1127127 Infoplease: 1127127 Britannica: 1063652 Wolfram: 1127000 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 5,925 km border countries: Djibouti 342 km, Eritrea 1,033 km, Kenya 867 km, Somalia 1,640 km, South Sudan 1,299 km, Sudan 744 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Danakil Depression -125 m highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m |
| Highest Mountains | According to Wolfram: Ras Dashen 4533 m According to Geonames:Ras Dejen 4620 m; Abune Yosef 4260 m; Guge 4200 m; Guna Terara 4120 m; T’at’a YeTerara Ch’af 4073 m List verified partially Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley |
| Natural Hazards | geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts volcanism: volcanic activity in the Great Rift Valley; Erta Ale (elev. 613 m), which has caused frequent lava flows in recent years, is the country's most active volcano; Dabbahu became active in 2005, causing evacuations; other historically active volcanoes include Alayta, Dalaffilla, Dallol, Dama Ali, Fentale, Kone, Manda Hararo, and Manda-Inakir |
| Natural Resource | small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower |
| Land Use | arable land: 13.19% permanent crops: 1.01% other: 85.8% (2011) |
| Climate | tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation |
| Irrigated Land | 2,896 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 122 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Addis Ababa; Dire Dawa; Nazret; Gondar; Dese According to Geonames: Addis Ababa; Dire Dawa; Mekele; Nazret; Bahir Dar Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; Ethiopia is, therefore, the most populous landlocked country in the world; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, 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 Important Lakes |