(cid:59)h(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:86)(cid:3)Ethiopia(cid:35) South Sudan Sudan Ethiopia is a landlocked country in East Africa Sudan and South Sudan border Ethiopia to the west Eritrea and Djibouti are its neighbors to the north Somalia stretches along the eastern border and Kenya lies to the south Ethiopia covers 426,373 square miles 1,104,300 square kilometers It makes up a large part of the Horn of Africa Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa is located in the center of the country 4
(cid:35) Ethiopia Addis Ababa Djibouti Somalia Indian Ocean Red Sea Eritrea Kenya (cid:40)i(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:92)o(cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:81)o(cid:90)(cid:35) Ethiopia is one of the first places where early humans existed on Earth Fossils that date back 6 million years have been discovered there 5 N E W S
(cid:56)h(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:48)a(cid:81)(cid:71) (cid:35) (cid:40)i(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:92)o(cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:81)o(cid:90)(cid:35) The Ethiopian Highlands are sometimes called the Roof of Africa because of their height and the large area that they cover 6
Ethiopia has many different landscapes Mountains and plateaus rise through much of central Ethiopia This region is called the Ethiopian Highlands It is divided in half from the northeast to the southwest by the Great Rift Valley The highlands slope into lowlands that reach to the borders of the country In the northeast little to no rain falls on the Danakil Desert Tropical rain forests can be found in the south In the north the Blue Nile River flows out of Lake Tana The weather is usually cooler in the highlands and hotter on the coasts Ethiopia has a tropical monsoon climate It rains lightly from February to April and then heavily from the middle of June to the middle of September Blue Nile River 7
