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![]() ![]() Eritrea Geography 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/eritrea/eritrea_geography.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Location Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan Geographic coordinates 15 00 N, 39 00 E Map references Africa Area
Area - comparative slightly larger than Pennsylvania Land boundaries
Coastline 2,234 km total; mainland on Red Sea 1,151 km, islands in Red Sea 1,083km Maritime claims NA Climate hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in thecentral highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually); semiarid in westernhills and lowlands; rainfall heaviest during June-September except on coastaldesert Terrain dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands,descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains Elevation extremes
Natural resources gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, probably oil (petroleum geologistsare prospecting for it), fish Land use
Irrigated land 280 sq km (1993 est.) Natural hazards frequent droughts Environment - current issues deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructurefrom civil warfare Environment - international agreements
Geography - note
strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes;Eritrea retained the entire coastline of Ethiopia along the Red Sea upon dejure independence from Ethiopia on 27 April 1993
NOTE: The information regarding Eritrea on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Eritrea Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Eritrea Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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