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What is the main factor that controls the climate of Ethiopia?
What is the main factor that controls the climate of Ethiopia?
- Proximity to the Pacific Ocean
- Global warming
- Seasonal migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) (correct)
- Topography of the country
Which element does weather refer to?
Which element does weather refer to?
- Atmospheric composition only
- State of the atmosphere over long time periods
- Instantaneous state of the atmosphere (correct)
- Temperature and humidity only
What does climate refer to?
What does climate refer to?
- State of the atmosphere over long time periods (correct)
- Atmospheric composition only
- Temperature and precipitation only
- Instantaneous state of the atmosphere
What is the primary source of variations in elements of weather and climate in Ethiopia?
What is the primary source of variations in elements of weather and climate in Ethiopia?
What does the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) influence in Ethiopia?
What does the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) influence in Ethiopia?
What are the implications of climate change that students should comprehend?
What are the implications of climate change that students should comprehend?
What determines the variations in weather and climate between places and seasons?
What determines the variations in weather and climate between places and seasons?
What is the distance of a location from the equator called?
What is the distance of a location from the equator called?
What causes differences in the length of days and seasons on Earth?
What causes differences in the length of days and seasons on Earth?
When does an equinox occur?
When does an equinox occur?
Which is the day when the point of verticality of sun’s rays crosses the equator northwards?
Which is the day when the point of verticality of sun’s rays crosses the equator northwards?
What determines the location of the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?
What determines the location of the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?
What determines the climate of any particular location on Earth?
What determines the climate of any particular location on Earth?
What is the instant of time when the sun strikes the plane of the Earth's equator known as?
What is the instant of time when the sun strikes the plane of the Earth's equator known as?
What causes differences in length of days and seasons?
What causes differences in length of days and seasons?
What is the distance from a location to the equator called?
What is the distance from a location to the equator called?
What percentage of the earth's total water surface is fresh water?
What percentage of the earth's total water surface is fresh water?
Where is nearly 68.7% of the fresh water deposited?
Where is nearly 68.7% of the fresh water deposited?
Which country is often referred to as the water tower of 'Eastern Africa'?
Which country is often referred to as the water tower of 'Eastern Africa'?
What is the estimated surface water potential of Ethiopia?
What is the estimated surface water potential of Ethiopia?
Where are the most abundant and easily available fresh waters found?
Where are the most abundant and easily available fresh waters found?
What percentage of the total land mass of Ethiopia is covered by water bodies?
What percentage of the total land mass of Ethiopia is covered by water bodies?
What is a drainage system made up of?
What is a drainage system made up of?
Where does a river system begin?
Where does a river system begin?
What is a drainage basin?
What is a drainage basin?
How are the Western and Southeastern drainage systems separated?
How are the Western and Southeastern drainage systems separated?
Which river in Ethiopia drains an area of 199,812 km2?
Which river in Ethiopia drains an area of 199,812 km2?
Where does the Tekeze river flow into, carrying 12 percent of the annual water flow?
Where does the Tekeze river flow into, carrying 12 percent of the annual water flow?
What is the total mean annual flow from the Tekeze river?
What is the total mean annual flow from the Tekeze river?
Where does the Tekeze river flow into after reaching Sudan?
Where does the Tekeze river flow into after reaching Sudan?
What percentage of the annual water flow does the Abay carry?
What percentage of the annual water flow does the Abay carry?
What mainly determines the general patterns of major river basins in Ethiopia?
What mainly determines the general patterns of major river basins in Ethiopia?
