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What do I know about Ethiopia - Coggle Diagram
What do I know about Ethiopia
Industry
Mining such as gold, platinum, natural gas and copper.
Agriculture
Construction
Tourism
Primary industry
culture
Wide variety of religion
Structured ways of life
Traditional culture
Welcoming, considerate, cooperative and non-confrontational people.
Unique culture
The follow Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Low levels of immigration so low levels of diversity.
Location
Mountains that are 4500m high
Deep canyons
Clay becomes sloppy in wet seasons.
Steep rocky slopes
In northwest and southeast there are mountainous regions
In highlands there are woodland forests.
In lowland areas on the eastern border there are deserts.
Very diverse location with deserts, mountains, forests, canyons etc...
In the horn of Africa.
climate
western highlands, which is the wettest region with one long rainy season in may to october. the average temperature in these areas is from around 25 degrees Celsius - 35 degrees celsius. the tempretures can go down to 15 degrees Celsius in the heights.
The central are in this region has 2 rainy seasons and one dry season. the average temperatures are from 25-40 degrees celsius. the lowlands to the east are dryer and hotter. in the rainy seasons there is an unreliable rainfall averaging 400mm-800mm yearly.
The eastern lowlands which have 2 rainy seasons and 2 dry seasons that are unreliable. the temperatures are constantly 30-40 degrees Celsius and has a average of 0-300mm of rain yearly.
coffee, cotton and grains grow well in the highland areas with rain and richer soils.
eastern areas suffer more drought and soil erosion
climate change is altering the monsoon and dry season
Unreliable rainfall
western areas are more mild and wet
dry and hot lowlands are limited to grasslands for livestock grazing [but grains have to be imported to feed animals
development
Population is 116,462,712
Net migration is -0.1 migrants per 1000 population
Infant mortality rate is 33.9 deaths per 1000 live births
Life expectancy is 67.1 years.
High birth rate and low death rate so increasing population.