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course aims geography of ethiopia and the horn of africa (gees 101) 2012 e.c 1 2 course aims to familiarize students with the basic geographic concepts particularly in relation to ethiopia and the horn of africa to provide students a sense of place and time (geographic literacy) 3 course objectives describe the location, shape and size of ethiopia and the horn explain the implications of location, shape and size of ethiopia and the horn on the physical environment, socioeconomic and political aspects. elaborate the major geological events; the resultant landforms and mineral resources of ethiopia and the horn identify the major drainage systems and water resources of ethiopia and their implications for regional development and integration develop an understanding of the climate of ethiopia, its dynamics and implications on the livelihoods of its inhabitants 4 examine the spatio-temporal distribution and abundance of natural vegetation, wildlife and soil resources of ethiopia …

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s natural and cultural features on the earth surface. the scope of geography is the surface of the earth, which is the very thin zone that is the interface of the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, anthroposphere and biosphere which provides the habitable zone in which humans are able to live. geography can be approached by considering two continuums: a human-physical continuum and a topical-regional continuum. 7 the topical (systematic) fields of geography view particular categories of physical or human phenomena as distributed over the earth while regional geography is concerned with the associations within regions of all or some of the elements and their interrelationships. geography has five basic themes namely location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. 1. location location is defined as a particular place or position. most studies of geography begin with the mention of location. location can be of two types: absolute location and relative location. 8 …

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to “conquer” the world for their comfortable living. 11 4. movement movement entails to the translocation of human beings, their goods, and their ideas from one end of the planet to another. the physical movement of people allowed the human race to inhabit all the continents and islands of the world. the transport of goods from one place on the earth to another. the third type of movement is the flow of ideas that allows the unification of the human civilization and promotes its growth and prosperity. 12 5. region a region is a geographic area having distinctive characteristics that distinguishes itself from adjacent unit(s) of space. it could be a formal region that is characterized by homogeneity in terms of a certain phenomenon (soil, temperature, rainfall, or other cultural elements like language, religion, and economy). 13 location, shape and size of ethiopia and the horn the horn of africa …

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the north-south distance (120). the latitudinal and longitudinal extensions are important in two ways. first, as a result of its latitudinal extension the country experiences tropical climate and secondly due to its longitudinal extension there is a difference of one hour between the most easterly and most westerly points of the country. it is only for convenience that the 3 hours-time zone is used in all parts of the country. 16 relative location expresses the location of countries or places with reference to the location of other countries (vicinal), landmasses or water bodies. the relative location of ethiopia is indicated as east of sudan north west of south sudan west of djibouti north of kenya south of eritrea north west of the indian ocean in the nile basin south of europe etc 17 the implications of the location of ethiopia are described as follows: climate: the fact that ethiopia is …

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of ethiopia's large size 1. demands greater capital to construct infrastructural facilities 2. requires large army to protect its territory 3. difficult for effective administration 4. difficult for socio-economic integration 20 the shape of ethiopia and its implication countries of the world have different kinds of shape that can be divided into five main categories: compact, fragmented, elongated, perforated ( a country completely surrounds by another country like lesotho) and protruded (one portion that is much more elongated than the rest of the country like myanmar and eritrea . there are four most commonly used measures of compactness. these are: the ratio of area of country to its boundary length: area-boundary ratio. the higher the a/b ratio, the greater the degree of compactness. 2. boundary-circumference ratio. it measures how far the boundary of a country approximates the circumference of a circle of its own size. therefore, the nearer the ratio …

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course aims geography of ethiopia and the horn of africa (gees 101) 2012 e.c 1 2 course aims to familiarize students with the basic geographic concepts particularly in relation to ethiopia and the horn of africa to provide students a sense of place and time (geographic literacy) 3 course objectives describe the location, shape and size of ethiopia and the horn explain the implications of location, shape and size of ethiopia and the horn on the physical environment, socioeconomic and political aspects. elaborate the major geological events; the resultant landforms and mineral resources of ethiopia and the horn identify the major drainage systems and water resources of ethiopia and their implications for regional development and integration develop an understanding of …

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