The Climate of Ethiopia

World Geomorphological Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 65-87

  Fazzini, Massimiliano ^a   Bisci, Carlo ^b   Billi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aridity index; Climate; Ethiopia; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009228368     PISSN: 22132090     EISSN: 22132104     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8026-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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