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