חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Eastern Africa, west of Somalia |
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Geographic coordinates: |
8 00 N, 38 00 E |
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Map references: |
Africa |
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Area: |
total: 1,127,127 sq km
land: 1,119,683 sq km water: 7,444 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
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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 |
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Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked) |
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Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked) |
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Climate: |
tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation |
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Terrain: |
high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m |
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Natural resources: |
small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower |
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Land use: |
arable land: 10.71%
permanent crops: 0.75% other: 88.54% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
1,900 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts |
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Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; water shortages in some areas from water-intensive farming and poor management |
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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 |
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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 |
More about Ethiopia:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
|
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
More about Ethiopia: