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The Ethiopian Highlands

Plateaus and Highlands

The Ethiopian Highlands, also known as the Abyssinian Highlands, is a rugged mass of mountains extending from Ethiopia to Eritrea in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its elevation on the continent, with little of its surface falling below 1,500 m (4,900 ft), while its summits reach heights of up to 4,550 m (14,930 ft). It is sometimes called the "Roof of Africa" due to its height and large area. This elevated surface is bisected diagonally by the Great East African Rift System, which extends from Syria to Mozambique across the East African Great Lakes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Highest Elevation (m)
4550 1
Latitude
10.705775 degrees north 1
Longitude
37.849282 degrees east 1
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Source Ethiopian Highlands (Wikipedia)
Source Ethiopian Highlands (Wikipedia)
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1. The Ethiopian Highlands (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    summits reach heights of up to 4,550 m (14,930 ft)
  • Infobox wikitext, coordinates parameter
    10°42′21″N 37°50′57″E
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Wikidata: The Ethiopian Highlands
Wikidata Q319288, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Ethiopian Highlands (Wikipedia)
  • Shaped By: Magmatism, Formation statement for target 287650
    The Ethiopian Highlands began to rise 75 million years ago, as magma from the Earth's mantle uplifted a broad dome of the ancient rocks of the Arabian-Nubian Shield.
  • Shaped By: Continental Rifting, Formation statement for target 287645
    The opening of the Great Rift Valley split the dome of the Ethiopian Highlands into three parts; the mountains of the southern Arabian Peninsula are geologically part of the ancient Ethiopian Highlands, separated by the rifting which created the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and separated Africa from Arabia.
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