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The Ethiopian Highlands are a mass of mountains in Ethiopia, Eritrea and northern Somalia. The Ethiopian Highlands form the largest continuous area
of its altitude in Africa, with peaks reaching heights of 4600 m to 4900 m. It is called the Roof of Africa for their height and large area.
The Ethipian Highlands are divided into northwestern and southeastern parts by the Great Rift Valley. The northwestern part, which covers the Tigray
and Amhara Regions, includes the Semien Mountains. Its highest peak, Ras Dashan 4533 m, is the highest peak in Ethiopia and the fourth-highest in Africa.
The southeastern parts highest peaks are located in the Bale Zone of Oromia Region. The Bale Mountains are nearly as high those of Semien, with peaks
over 4000 m, such as Tullu Demtu 4337 m, the second-highest peak in Ethiopia and Batu 4307 m.
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Hot news: Traveller's Guide: Ethiopia There is a place, in the searing deserts of north-east Ethiopia, where you can watch a new version of planet Earth being created. In 2005, over a period of just 10 days, a 60km-long, 8m-wide crack opened in the Earth's surface. Scientists who witnessed it were astonished. Here, they told the world, were the labour pains indicating the birth of a new ocean and the beginning of an event that in a ...
UNESCO Heads East Africa Water Search NAIROBI - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , (UNESCO) and officials from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia Tuesday launched a regional initiative to identify and improve groundwater resources in the region. UNESCO's “Strengthening Capacity to Combat Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa” project aims to ease the water and food shortages faced by some nine ...
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