Ethiopia is a landlocked country with boundaries from latitude 3N to 15N and from longitude 33 to 48, enclosing an area of 1,127,127 square kilometers (435,186 square miles). Occupying most of the orn of frica, the landmass of
Ethiopia is roughly three times the size of alifornia. thiopia comprises two geographic areas: the cool highlands and the hot lowlands. The Great ift Valley divides the highlands into northern and southern parts, and each has corresponding lowlands. he highlands in the northwest are rugged. rosion has produced steep valleys that are in some places 1,600 meters (5,249 feet) deep and many kilometers wide. In addition, the northwestern highlands
are subdivided by the valley of the Blue Nile.