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The south eastern highlands

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The western highlands

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The western highlands are massive with an average height of 2000-25000m. They slope gradually to the west and terminate in extended lowlands starting from Tigray Administrative Region to the southern part of Gamo Gofa.

The highlands include many sub-divisions or blocks separated by the deep, steep-sided valleys of the major rivers.

For example, the Tekeze separates the Tigray and Gonder massifs; the Blue Nile divides the Gojam, Shewa-Welega massifs; the Omo river separates the Kefa and Shewa-Gamo Gofa massifs. The elevations of the escarpments are lower towards the west, but are high and steep towards the Rift Valley in the east.

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