Wildlife and vegetation
- Ethiopia is home to the most indigenous plants and the rarest wildlife in the world.
- Interestingly, the country is endowed with diverse topographical features. These encompasses of flat plateaus, lush rivers, rugged mountains and beautiful plains.
- Vegetation here has always been described as Afro-montane and Afro-alpine respectively.
- With Afro-alpine, the southeastern part of Ethiopia consists of rocks in the mountains that are volcanic in nature with soil temperatures being very low.
- Plants found here are drought resistant and are more succulent with very low statue
- On the other hand, Afro-montane vegetation found in the plateau areas of the country have volcanic rocks that have toxic soils in the northeastern part.
Wildlife
- Endemic species have long been discovered to be in the Ethiopian mountainous forests.
- Simien mountains is a home to the rarest and large mammals such as the Walia Ibex, a wolf believed to be endangered and the Gelada Monkeys.
- Unfortunately, due to deforestation as a result of human settlement, these species’ number has declined over time.
- Beautiful birds’ species such as the wattle ibis, the white-billed, the thick-billed raven and the white-collared pigeons are all found in Bale mountains.
- In addition, the fascinating Lammergeyer mostly known as the bearded vulture makes the Ethiopian mountains an excellent place to have a scenic experience.
