![]() In: Proceedings of the IAHS international symposium on sediment transfer through the fluvial system, Moscow, 2–, pp 94–100īilli P, Alemu YT, Ciampalini R (2015) Increased frequency of flash floods in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia: change in rainfall intensity or human impact?. Regional Soil Conservation Unit/SIDA, Nairobiīilli P (2004) Sediment yield of a closed river system: the Meki River, western margin of the Ethiopian Rift Valley. Catena 104:21–31īerehe WA (1996) Twenty years of soil conservation in Ethiopia. ![]() Geomorphology 57:95–116īerhanu B, Melesse AM, Seleshi Y (2013) GIS-based hydrological zones and soil geo-database of Ethiopia. KeywordsĪyalew L, Yamagishi H (2004) Slope failures in the Blue Nile basin, as seen from landscape evolution perspective. ![]() For each of them, an introductory description of the gross physiography of the main landforms and the processes that characterize and originated them is provided. The country’s main geomorphological landscapes regions are identified as follows: (1) the northern highlands, including (i) the volcanic plug belt of Adwa, (ii) the central highlands and (iii) the southwestern highlands (2) the Rift Valley, which consists of three main portions, namely the northern, central, and southern trunks and the Afar and Danakil depressions (3) the southern plateau, which consists of a northern and southern sector and includes also the Ogaden tableland gently descending to Somalia and the Indian Ocean. A brief description of the natural vegetation is provided as well. The prevailing soil types are described and soil erosion data are reported and analyzed. This introductory chapter reports about the main geographic and geomorphologic features of Ethiopia. ![]()
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