"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

Categories: Africa | Nature

In our time, spending a minimum of time, you can find information about the recent past of Ethiopia - rebellions, civil war and famine. And although it cannot be said that all troubles are behind, Ethiopia is not only grief and destruction. It is also the highest country on the continent, and it is no surprise that the Ethiopian highlands are called the "Roof of Africa". Here, without exaggeration, there is something to see.

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"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

1. The highlands have a huge territory and are divided by the Ethiopian rift.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

2. All the shots that you will see are made in the northwestern part of the highlands.

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"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

4. In 1969, the highlands were given the status of a national park (the first of ten in the country). The Simen and Ras Dashan mountains are located here.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

5. Surprisingly, the higher you climb, the more moisture and lush vegetation.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

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"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

7. Ethiopia is close to the equator and you might think it's hot here. However, the significant height of the highlands makes the climate of the whole country unexpectedly moderate.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

8. Monsoons from the Indian Ocean are caught by the mountains, which leads to torrential downpours. The rainy season lasts from July to September. At this time, the Nile overflows its banks.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

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"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

10. Although the flora here is predominantly of African origin (it is also called Afromontane), nevertheless, there are also some representatives of the Eurasian flora (Palearctic), which have been growing here since the Ice Age.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

11. This highland began to form more than 75 million years ago from a split that divides the valley into separate massifs - amba, formed about 30 million years ago.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

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"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

13. The highlands are not only divided by the East African Rift Valley, but contain 3 ecoregions that differ in height.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

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"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

15. Two Ethiopian national parks, Simen and Bale Mountains, are gradually and inevitably losing their inhabitants due to human encroachment.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

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"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

17. Highlanders do not have access to modern farming technology. Plowing the field is carried out in the same way as many centuries ago. But, nevertheless, the Ethiopians invented an unusual way of drying hay and hiding it from herbivores.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

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"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

19. Thus, although the national park was created in 1969, already in 1978 it was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, which is in danger of disappearing. The populations of the Park's endemic species, such as the Ethiopian wolf, caracal and gelada, are rapidly declining in number.

"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

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"Roof of Africa": the impressive beauty of the Ethiopian highlands

21. However, the Ethiopian Highlands remains a unique place on Earth that seems slightly otherworldly and unreal, and where the traveler is truly breathtaking in the beauty of nature.

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Keywords: Mountains | Ethiopia

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