Ambas
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Ambas
a general designation for the flat summits of the Ethiopian Highlands in Africa that are separated by deep valleys. They are composed of horizontally occurring layers of rock protected by erosion-resistant sandstone or basalt overlays.
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