 Teff field at the base of a small hill in the Eritrean Highlands. The Eritrean Highlands are an extension of the Ethiopian Highlands to the south. The region has seen tremendous deforestation since the Italian Colonial period which began in the late 19th century. The Highlands are at particular risk of deforestation and associated soil erosion. Furthermore the region, lying south of the Sahel are at particular risk of desertification and frequent drought. The Highlands experience, as most tropical regions, two seasons; the rainy season (kremti) is from June-September while the dry season is from September to June. The average temperature for the Highlands is approximately 16°C. The tallest pointed in Eritrea is located in the Eritrean Highlands at Amba Soira. Binomial name Eragrostis tef (Zucc. ...
Ethiopian Highlands with Ras Dashan in the background. ...
Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land use such as arable land, pasture, urban use, logged area or wasteland. ...
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Amba Soira is the highest mountain in Eritrea. ...
The Eritrean Highlands are drained by four major rivers towards Sudan and by several smaller rivers into the Red Sea coast of Eritrea. Flowing towards Sudan and the Nile River are the Gash and Setit Rivers while towards Sudan without reaching the Nile are the Barka and Anseba Rivers. The Eastern Escarpment of Eritrea is drained by numerous small streams. Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...
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The Mareb River (or Gash River), is a river flowing out of central Eritrea which partly forms a natural frontier between Eritrea and Ethiopia. ...
The Anseba River flows flows from the Eritrean Highlands to the plains Sudan. ...
Many believe that forest cover in the Eritrean Highlands was as high 30% but has since declined to 1%,[1] however, others including Louise Latt have suggested that there has been no change in forest cover.[2]
 Baboon crossing a road in the Eritrean Highlands. The eastern edge of the Highlands falls off dramatically towards the Red Sea which causes two climactic systems to overlap. This region is oft noted for its perennial forest cover. This is also the region that Eritrea's Merara coffee is grown. Type species Simia hamadryas Linnaeus, 1758 Species Papio hamadryas Papio papio Papio anubis Papio cynocephalus Papio ursinus The five baboon species are some of the largest non-hominid members of the primate order; only the Mandrill and the Drill are larger. ...
Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...
The soil conditions in the Eritrean Highlands is also quite complex. The predominant soils are chromic, eutric, and calsic cambisols of strong red colour. Other soils found in the highlands are lithosols, xerosols and fluvisols.[3]
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Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea, on the west and northwest by Sudan, on the south by Ethiopia, and on the southeast by Djibouti. ...
References - ^ Boerma, Pauline. "Assessing Forest Cover Change in Eritrea — A Historical Perspective" (PDF). Mountain Research and Development. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ Louise Latt. "Eritrea Re-photographed: Landscape Changes in the Eritrean Highlands 1890-2004" (PDF). Retrieved on 2006-09-26.
- ^ FOSA Country Report. Retrieved on 2007 January 17.
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