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	<title>Ethiopia Mountain</title>
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		<title>Earthquake distribution in Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Afar Depression, the Main Ethiopian Rift and the Escarpments constitute the main seismic belts in Ethiopia. These regions belong to East African Rift system and their seismicity can be explained in terms of plate tectonics.
According to the theory of plate tectonics the earth’s surface may be divided into a number of rigid spherical caps [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/earthquake-distribution-in-ethiopia/</link>
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		<title>Ethiopia’s Tectonics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Precambrian tectonics
Three Precambrian are present, Lower, Middle and Upper. They are clearly separable in structural style. The rocks of the Lower Complex from large blocks separated and surrounded by folded belts of the Upper Complex.
The Middle complex is minor in extent, filling some troughs in the Lower Complex. The Upper Complex appears to consist of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/ethiopia%e2%80%99s-tectonics/</link>
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		<title>The major characteristics of Ethiopia’s relief and landscape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The major characteristics of Ethiopia’s relief and landscape which have been summarised above are also illustrated in the cross-sections which have been associated with the relief map. In particular, these cross-sections serve to illustrate:
(a) the highly dissected character of the landscape over much of Ethiopia’s territory
(b) the limited extent to which flat surfaces are present in Ethiopia.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/the-major-characteristics-of-ethiopia%e2%80%99s-relief-and-landscape/</link>
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		<title>Ethiopia and its Relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The specific features of the various relief and drainage area are considered later in the atlas. This map is concerned with the general characteristics of the relief of the country.
The major physical features are the results of the extensive and spectacular faulting which cracked the old crystalline block of the African continent along its eastern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/ethiopia-and-its-relief/</link>
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		<title>The outer lowlands of Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The outer lowlands of Ethiopia are to the west of the western highlands, and to the east and south of the south eastern highlands.
Areas of ancient crystalline lowlands, in northern Eritrea, northwestern Welega and southern Borena, have inselberg topography, isolated hills scattered over the well-developed plains.
The Baro-Akobo basin forms a vast, flat lowland area in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/the-outer-lowlands-of-ethiopia/</link>
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		<title>The lower rift valley in Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The lower rift valley is generally of low altitude, (300-700 metres) being mainly large plains and low table land.
In Dalol-Asale district, the land falls to about 110 metres below sea level. Active volcanoes are numerous here. Some lakes in the hot Danakil depression have dried up and become salt flats.
(Source: National Atlas of Ethiopia)
Report This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/the-lower-rift-valley-in-ethiopia/</link>
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		<title>The central lowlands of Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The central lowlands Ethiopia from Chew Bahir to the Gulf of Zula between the walls of the two highlands, are covered with recent volcanic material and patches of older and new lava and recent sedimentary materials.
The lakes sub-region, from Ziway to Chamo, is a relatively higher area than the Afar plain. East flowing rivers from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/the-central-lowlands-of-ethiopia/</link>
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		<title>The south eastern highlands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The south-eastern highlands include the highlands of Sidamo, Bale, Arsi and Harerge. The highlands in this region are made up of volcanic rocks, but where the rivers cut deep, crystalline rocks are exposed.
The South Eastern Highlands have high mountains on their western rim, but no clear-cut boundary to the east, for they have a continuous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/the-south-eastern-highlands/</link>
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		<title>The western highlands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The western highlands are massive with an average height of 2000-25000m. They slope gradually to the west and terminate in extended lowlands starting from Tigray Administrative Region to the southern part of Gamo Gofa.
The highlands include many sub-divisions or blocks separated by the deep, steep-sided valleys of the major rivers.
For example, the Tekeze separates the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/the-western-highlands/</link>
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		<title>Topography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ethiopia is a country of great geographical diversity with high and rugged mountains, flat topped plateaus, deep gorges, incised river valleys and rolling plains.
Over the ages, erosion, volcanic eruptions, tectonic movements and subsidence have occurred and continued through millennia to accentuate the unevenness of the surface.
Altitudes range from the highest peak at Ras Dejen, 4620 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethiopiamountain.com/topography/</link>
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