Ethiopia

Ethiopia in pictures

Flag, landscapes, landmarks and wildlife you can meet in the games. Photographs come from each subject’s Wikipedia article.

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  Flag

  Flag of Ethiopia

  National flag

• 🌍Simien Mountains

  Landscape

  Simien Mountains

  A real place in Ethiopia

• ⛪Rock churches of Lalibela

  Landmark

  Rock churches of Lalibela

  Eleven churches carved downwards out of solid rock in the 12th century.

• 🗿Obelisks of Aksum

  Landmark

  Obelisks of Aksum

  Giant carved stone pillars from an empire that traded with Rome and India.

• 🐒Simien Mountains

  Landmark

  Simien Mountains

  Gelada monkeys graze the plateau in troops hundreds strong.

• 🧱Harar Jugol walls

  Landmark

  Harar Jugol walls

  82 mosques inside one wall — and hyenas fed by hand at the gates.

• 🌋Erta Ale lava lake

  Landmark

  Erta Ale lava lake

  One of only a handful of permanent lava lakes in the world.

• 🐒Gelada

  Wildlife

  Gelada

  The only monkey that lives almost entirely on grass.

• 🐒Vervet monkey

  Wildlife

  Vervet monkey

  It has different alarm calls for eagle, snake and leopard.

• 🐕Spotted hyena

  Wildlife

  Spotted hyena

  Clans are led by females, and hyenas hunt far more than they scavenge.

• 🐒Olive baboon

  Wildlife

  Olive baboon

  Troops of over a hundred travel together with the babies in the middle.

• 🦌Greater kudu

  Wildlife

  Greater kudu

  Its spiral horns make two and a half full turns.

• 🐒Black-and-white colobus

  Wildlife

  Black-and-white colobus

  It has no thumb, which helps it swing cleanly through the branches.

• 🦅Rüppell's vulture

  Wildlife

  Rüppell's vulture

  The highest-flying bird ever recorded — 11,000 metres up.

• 🐐Walia ibex

  Wildlife

  Walia ibex

  It lives only on the Simien escarpment, on ledges a few centimetres wide.

• 🐺Ethiopian wolf

  Wildlife

  Ethiopian wolf

  Africa's rarest carnivore — about 500 left, all in one country.

• 🦓Grévy's zebra

  Wildlife

  Grévy's zebra

  The biggest wild horse in the world, with round ears like a mule.

• 🦌Gerenuk

  Wildlife

  Gerenuk

  Its name means 'giraffe-necked' in Somali.

• 🦆Great white pelican

  Wildlife

  Great white pelican

  Groups fish together, herding shoals into the shallows.

• 🐈African civet

  Wildlife

  African civet

  It marks its trails with a scent once used to make perfume.

• 🦔Cape porcupine

  Wildlife

  Cape porcupine

  Africa's largest rodent — its quills are hollow and rattle in warning.

• 🐹Rock hyrax

  Wildlife

  Rock hyrax

  It looks like a guinea pig, but its closest relative is the elephant.

• 🏙️Addis Ababa

  City

  Addis Ababa

  Capital of Ethiopia

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