E-Book Overview
This book provides a succinct but comprehensive presentation of key geomorphological locations and topics including information about geomorphological heritage and maps to visit the most important sites.
Apart from often being remarkably scenic, landscapes reveal stories that often can be traced back in time tens of million years and include unique events. This is particularly true for Ethiopia where spectacular examples of different landforms are present. Its geomorphology varies from highlands, marked by high volcanoes and incised by deep river gorges, to the rift valley lakes endorheic systems and the below sea level lowlands with characteristic landscapes which are unique in the world. Landscapes and Landforms of Ethiopia highlights all these topics including essential information about geology and tectonic framework, past and present climate, hydrology, geographical regions and long-term geomorphological history. It is a highly informative book, providing insight for readers with an interest in geography and geomorphology.
E-Book Information
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Series: World Geomorphological Landscapes
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Year: 2,015
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Edition: 1st
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Pages: 389
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Language: English
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Topic: 38
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Identifier: 978-94-017-8025-4, 978-94-017-8026-1
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Doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-8026-1
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Org File Size: 50,965,082
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Extension: pdf
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Tags: Geomorphology Geographical Information Systems/Cartography Soil Science & Conservation
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Toc: Front Matter....Pages i-viiiFront Matter....Pages 1-1Geomorphological Landscapes of Ethiopia....Pages 3-32Geology of Ethiopia: A Review and Geomorphological Perspectives....Pages 33-64The Climate of Ethiopia....Pages 65-87Ethiopian Rivers....Pages 89-116Planation Surfaces and the Long-term Geomorphological Evolution of Ethiopia....Pages 117-136Front Matter....Pages 137-137Paleoglaciated Landscapes in Simen and Other High-Mountain Areas of Ethiopia....Pages 139-146Geomorphology of the Archaeological Area of Aksum....Pages 147-161Geomorphology of the Adwa District....Pages 163-178The Amba Landscape of the Ethiopian Highlands, Shaped by Rockfall....Pages 179-189Gully Development in the Tigray Highlands....Pages 191-200Tufa Dams in Tigray (Northern Ethiopia) as Late Pleistocene—Holocene Climate Proxies....Pages 201-211Geomorphology of Ephemeral Streams in the Kobo Basin....Pages 213-225Sediment Yield Variability at Various Spatial Scales and Its Hydrological and Geomorphological Impacts on Dam-catchments in the Ethiopian Highlands....Pages 227-238Climatic and Hydrologic Changes in Northern Ethiopia in the last 3,500 Years: Evidence from the Geomorphic, Stratigraphic, and Geochemical Archives of Hayk Lake....Pages 239-250Rift-Related Morphology of the Afar Depression....Pages 251-274Morphometric Characteristics and Hydrology of Selected Ethiopian Rift Lakes....Pages 275-287The Geomorphology of the Lake Region (Main Ethiopian Rift): The Record of Paleohydrological and Paleoclimatic Events in an Active Volcano-Tec