|Ethiopian Rift Valley| One of the most striking geographical
features of Africa is a giant tear across the earth’s surface:
the Great Rift Valley. Extending from the Middle East to
Mozambique, the Rift Valley passes right through Ethiopia,
endowing the country with some spectacular features that range
form hot, dry, and barren places to a string of beautiful lakes.
Volcanic activity, which greatly contributed to the formation of
the Rift Valley, continues up to present times. In Ethiopia, it
finds expression in the presence of hot springs in many parts of
the country, as well as volcanic cones in the Danakil Depression
in the north-east. The Southern Lakes [The Great Rift Valley]
Northern Omo Zone: 3,741,304 Arba Minch: 72,507 Along the
southern stretch of the Rift Valley, the so –called ‘southern
wilderness’ beckons. Ninety kilometers north of the konso’s
remote lands stands Arba Minch, set amid a country overlooking
two of the southern Rift’s most beautiful lakes-Chamo and
Abaya.perched on the foothills of