Ethiopia
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Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for
the following climate stations in Ethiopia
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| Official name: |
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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| Capital: |
Addis Ababa
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| Area: |
total: 1,127,127 sq km water: 7,444 sq km land: 1,119,683 sq km
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| Climate: |
tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
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| Location: |
Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
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| Geographic coordinates: |
8 00 N, 38 00 E
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly less than twice the size of Texas
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| Land boundaries: |
total: 5,328 km border countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km, Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km
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| Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked)
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| Terrain: |
high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m highest point: Ras Dejen 4,620 m
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Map of Ethiopia
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