The total area of Ethiopia is approximately five times the size of the UK and just less than twice the size of Texas.

		Ethiopia	UK	USA
	Total area of country	1,127,000 sq km	245,000 sq km	9,629,000 sq km
	Land area	1,120,000 sq km	242,000 sq km	9,159,000 sq km
	Water area	7,000 sq km	3,000 sq km	470,000 sq km

Ethiopia borders on Djibouti and Eritrea in the north, Sudan in the west, Kenya in the south, and Somalia in the east.

		Ethiopia	UK	USA
	Highest point	Mt. Ras Dashen 4,620m	Ben Nevis 1,343m	Mt McKinley 6194m
	Lowest point	Danakil Depression -125m	Fens -4m	Death Valley -86m

Natural resources of Ethiopia: gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower.

Land use percentages

		Ethiopia	UK	USA
	Arable land	12 %	25 %	19 %
	Permanent crops	1 %	0 %	0 %
	Permanent pastures	40 %	46 %	25 %
	Forests and woodland	25 %	10 %	30 %
	Other	22 %	19 %	26 %

Natural hazards in Ethiopia: geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts.

Environmental problems: deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification. v

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