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Tigray Escarpment in northern Ethiopia exposing the layers of the Ethiopia-Yemen Continental Flood Basalts.

The geology of Ethiopia includes rocks of the Neoproterozoic East African Orogeny, Jurassic marine sediments and Quaternary rift-related volcanism. Events that greatly shaped Ethiopian geology is the assembly and break-up of Gondwana and the present-day rifting of Africa.

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Geology of Ethiopia

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The geology of Ethiopia includes rocks of the Neoproterozoic East African Orogeny, Jurassic marine sediments and Quaternary rift-related volcanism. Events...

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Great Rift Valley

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name continues in some usages, it is rarely used in geology as it is considered an imprecise merging of separate though related rift and fault systems. This...

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Ethiopia

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Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares...

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Tigray Region

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Sagri, M. (2015). Geology of Ethiopia: a review and geomorphological perspectives. In: Billi, P. (ed.), Landscapes and Landforms of Ethiopia. Springer Netherlands...

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Mining in Ethiopia

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2001 gold production amounted to some 3.4 tons. The Ethiopian Geological Survey of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) with assistance from UNDP and...

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Afar Triple Junction

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Sandstone, the net rock uplift of the Ethiopian Plateau would be 2.2 km (1.4 mi) since c. 150 Mya. The thinned Ethiopian lithosphere could have resulted...

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Geography of Ethiopia

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Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west...

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Languages of Ethiopia

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The languages of Ethiopia include the official languages of Ethiopia, its national and regional languages, and a large number of minority languages, as...

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Fossiliferous limestone

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Metroplex Geology of Ethiopia Geology of the Grand Canyon area Geology of the Grand Teton area Geology of the Iberian Peninsula Geology of Nepal Geology of the...

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Western Ethiopian Shield

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The Western Ethiopian Shield is a small geological shield along the western border of Ethiopia. Its plutons were formed between 830 and 540 million years...

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History of Ethiopia

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Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in Africa; the emergence of Ethiopian civilization dates back thousands of years. Abyssinia or rather "Ze Etiyopia"...

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Emperor of Ethiopia

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or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. The emperor of Ethiopia (Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት, romanized: nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the...

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Regions of Ethiopia

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አካባቢ astedader akabibi). This system of administrative regions replaced the provinces of Ethiopia in 1992. As of August 2023, there are twelve regional...

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List of emperors of Ethiopia

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emperors of Ethiopia, from the founding of the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty in 1270 by Yekuno Amlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974...

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Economy of Ethiopia

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economy of Ethiopia is a mixed and transition economy with a large public sector. The government of Ethiopia is in the process of privatizing many of the...

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Religion in Ethiopia

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Religion in Ethiopia consists of a number of faiths. Among these mainly Abrahamic religions, the most numerous is Christianity (Ethiopian Orthodoxy, P'ent'ay...

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Ethiopian Highlands

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The Ethiopian Highlands (also called the Abyssinian Highlands) is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous...

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Ogaden Basin

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east Ethiopia". People's Daily Online. 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2007-04-26. Geological Survey of Ethiopia Future of the Energy Sector in Ethiopia Lundin:...

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ethiopia

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ethiopia. Geology portal Paleontology portal Africa portal Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic...

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Demographics of Ethiopia

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The demographics of Ethiopia encompass the demographic features of inhabitants in Ethiopia, including ethnicity, languages, population density, education...

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Ethiopian cuisine

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other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. Ethiopian cuisine (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ "Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā məgəb") characteristically consists of vegetable and often...

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Derg

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Council (PMAC), was the Marxist–Leninist military dictatorship that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military...

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Foreign relations of Ethiopia

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The foreign relations of Ethiopia refers to overall diplomatic relationship of Ethiopia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs oversees foreign relations and...

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Gondwana

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Mario (2015). "Geology of Ethiopia: A Review and Geomorphological Perspectives". In Billi, Paolo (ed.). Landscapes and Landforms of Ethiopia. World Geomorphological...

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Public holidays in Ethiopia

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The following lists are public holidays in Ethiopia. Many holidays follow the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. In addition, the following Muslim holidays...

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Climate of Ethiopia

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The Climate of Ethiopia is highly diverse, ranging from equatorial rainforest with high rainfall and humidity in the south and southwest, to Afromontane...

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President of Ethiopia

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The president of Ethiopia is the head of state of Ethiopia. The position is largely ceremonial with executive power vested in the Council of Ministers chaired...

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