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Dallol (Amharic: ዳሎል) is a locality in the Dallol woreda of northern Ethiopia. Located in Kilbet Rasu , Afar Region in the Afar Depression , it has a latitude and longitude of 14°14′19″N 40°17′38″E / 14.23861°N 40.29389°E / 14.23861; 40.29389 with an elevation of about 130 metres (430 ft) below sea
Climate change is of great concern in Ethiopia, especially since the 1970s. Between the mid-1970s and late 2000s, Ethiopia's rainfall in some areas and seasons decreased by 15-20 percent. Furthermore, numerous studies predict climate change will increasingly affect the country's ecosystem, causing drought and famines.
Dallol (92 metres below sea level), has the highest average temperature recorded on earth. Dallol features an extreme version of a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) typical of the Danakil Desert. Dallol is the hottest place year-round on the planet and currently holds the record high average temperature for an inhabited ...
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A pioneering study of the geology of Ethiopia was W. T. Blanford's work in 1870. [6] More recent work has focused on the Afar Depression, due to its importance as one of two places on Earth where a mid-ocean ridge can be studied on land (the other is Iceland). The following formations are represented: Sedimentary and metamorphic
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Some of Earth's biggest non-polar deserts. Rank Name Type Image ... Eritrea, and Ethiopia: 27: Mojave Desert: Subtropical: 124,000 ... Cold winter 59,146: 22,836 ...