Geography Of 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 water: 7,444 sq km land: 1,119,683 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: 10.71% permanent crops: 0.75% other: 88.54% (2001)
Irrigated land	1,900 sq km (1998 est.)
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, 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 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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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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