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Introduction - Ethiopia: | Location - Ethiopia: | Location | Eastern Africa, west of Somalia | | Geographic coordinates | 8 00 N, 38 00 E | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 1,127,127 sq km
land: 1,119,683 sq km
water: 7,444 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly less than twice the size of Texas | | Land boundaries | total: 5,328 km
border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km | | Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) | | Maritime claims | none (landlocked) | | Climate | tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation | | Terrain | high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m | | Natural resources | small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower | | Land use | arable land: 10.01%
permanent crops: 0.65%
other: 89.34% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 2,900 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts | | Environment current issues | 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 | | 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 by water volume, rises in Tana 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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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |