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Ethiopian Highlands |
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Ethiopian Highlands, rugged plateau region of E Africa, covering about two thirds of Ethiopia. It is divided into two massifs by the Great Rift Valley; the Amhara, or Ethiopian Plateau, is the larger of the two. The region, which slopes away from either side of the Great Rift Valley, is composed of a series of mountains and valleys; Ras Dashen (15,158 ft/4,620 m), Ethiopia's highest peak, is there. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Coffea arabica originated in the Ethiopian highlands, where the raw, unroasted beans were masticated and the leaves brewed like tea by the locals. In the Ethiopian highlands, as well as in the Upper Rwaba watershed of Burundi, for example, inequities of land distribution, coupled with population growth, have increased poverty and food insecurity. While surveying the site for a permanent court near a spring in the Ethiopian highlands, he is said to have turned to his wife and promised to build her a magnificent city. |
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