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A fine view from the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, just south of Debre Sina where the accumulated layers of basaltic lavas and tuffs lie 3,000 feet thick. The western scarp in this region rises to over 11,000 feet above sea level
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Rich farming country close to the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, just north of Debre Sina. Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. Every inch of fertile land is cultivated by hand to feed Ethiopia's population of over 60 million.Agriculture forms the background of the countrys economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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Rich farming country on a highland plateau north of Debre Sina. Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. Every inch of fertile land is cultivated by hand to feed Ethiopias population of over 60 million.Agriculture forms the background of the countrys economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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A Konso village set in dramatic scenery in southwest Ethiopia.The Konso people are very industrious farmers,cultivating poor soil on terraces,which are buttressed with dry-stone walls. They share a number of customs with their neighbours,the Borana. They both worship the sky God,Waq,and both have an ancestor cult.
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Terraced cultivation on a ledge of the western scarp of the Abysinnian Rift Valley at Ankober.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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Fertile farming land surrounds Lake Ashange in northern Ethiopia.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.Agriculture forms the background of the country's economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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A spectacular view from the western scarp of the Abysinnian Rift Valley at Ankober.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.Agriculture forms the background of the country's economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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A small village in the Ethiopian Highlands, northeast of Addis Ababa.The highland plateau rises to over 11,000 feet and is Africas most extensive upland region.The Amhara people who till the land there are Ethiopias largest ethnic group.Every inch of fertile land is cultivated to feed Ethiopias population of over 60 million.
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A view of spectacular mountain scenery between Senbete and Kombolcha.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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A view of spectacular mountain scenery between Senbete and Kombolcha.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery. The weathered mountains in the Ethiopian Highlands exhibit layer upon layer of volcanic material, which built the plateau into Africas most extensive upland region.
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Farmers drive livestock to Senbete market, which is an important weekly market close to the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift.Agriculture forms the background of the countrys economy with 90 percent of its population earning a living from the land.
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Terraced farming on the western scarp of Africa's Great Rift Valley,west of Lake Abaya. The crop under cultivation is Teff,a small-grained cereal,which is grown extensively in Ethiopia. It is used to make the country's national dish,injera,a fermented,bread-type pancake.
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Close to Degum, the rock hewn church of Debretsion stands on top of a massif, which forms part of the spectacular Gheralta Mountains of Northern Ethiopia.A Tigray homestead stands on the arid Hawzien Plain hundreds of feet below. Flat roofed stone houses, which are common throughout Tigray Province, may have been introduced into Ethiopia from Arabia as early as 700 BC.
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A homestead of the Arsi-Oromo people west of Aje. The old pot placed over the centre pole of the house is a common roof decoration,and keeps out rain. Small bunches of Teff,a small-grained cereal,are being dried on the thatch.Teff is grown extensively in Ethiopia and is used to make injera,a fermented,bread-type pancake,which is the country's national dish.
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Donkeys trample corn to remove the grain in a typical rural setting between Ziway and Butajira. Depending on the availability of animals,a farmer may use ponies,donkeys or oxen for this purpose.
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The grass huts and granary stores of a Nyangatom settlement. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia.
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Scenery between Desse and Bati in the Welo Province of northern Ethiopia with an unfinished thatched house in the foreground. Upturned clay pots are often placed over the protruding centre poles of houses to prevent rain getting in. .
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Overview of the valley with the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of farms with the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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A view of the spectacular mountain ranges between Senbete and Kombolcha with a seasonal lake in the foreground.Ethiopia is a land of vast horizons and dramatic scenery.
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A rainbow rises behind the temporary grass huts of a Nyangatom settlement. The Nyangatom or Bume are a Nilotic tribe of semi-nomadic pastoralists who live along the banks of the Omo River in south-western Ethiopia.
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Overview of farms with the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of farms with the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Traditional thatched houses and smallholdings of the Pokot people dot the landscape on top of the fertile Cherangani Hills,which was once a forested area.
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An attractively decorated traditional thatched house belonging to an Orthodox Christian community in the Ethiopian Highlands,northeast of Addis Ababa. Most Amhara people living in the Ethiopian Highlands adhere to the Ethiopian Orthodox faith. Ethiopia is Africa's oldest Christian nation.
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An attractively decorated traditional thatched house belonging to an Orthodox Christian community in the Ethiopian Highlands,northeast of Addis Ababa. Most Amhara people living in the Ethiopian Highlands adhere to the Ethiopian Orthodox faith. Ethiopia is Africa's oldest Christian nation.
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An Afar settlement and livestock close to the Awash National Park. The mountain in the distance is Fantale,a dormant volcano with a large crater from which steam still issues from vents. The most recent lava flow dates back to 1820.
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Nepal, Mustang, Chusang. The small village of Chusang, deep in the Kali Gandaki gorge.
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Scenic, coastal view of Caherdaniel, along the Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Ireland
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Overview of the valley with the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Scenic overview of a road through of the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of a farm and the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overlooking a farm and the terraced vineyards along the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of farms with terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Farms along the river with terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of farms with terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Niger, Tenere Desert.Camel Caravan travelling through the Air Mountains & Tenere Desert.This is the largest protected area in Africa, covering over 7.7 million hectares.
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The central meeting place, mora, of an old Konso village set in dramatic scenery in southwest Ethiopia. The oldest villages date back 500 to 600 years and are fortified with huge dry stone walls.The Konso people are very industrious farmers, cultivating poor soil on terraces, which are buttressed with stones and rock.
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Overview of farmland with grassy fields and farmhouse near Calatafimi-Segesta in the Province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy
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Scenic vista of farmland dotted with buildings with mountain range in the background near Calatafimi-Segesta in the Province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy
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Rich farming country near the Ngorongoro Highlands of Northern Tanzania.
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A man winnows Teff,a small-grained cereal,with a wooden hayfork.Teff is grown extensively in Ethiopia and is used to make injera,a fermented,bread-type pancake,which is the country's national dish. Teff stands as an example of Ethiopia's early success as a centre for plant domestication.
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Aloes add a splash of colour to the parched landscape close to Debre Selam Church,near Atsbi in Ethiopia's most northerly region of Tigray.Flat-roofed stone houses,which are common throughout Tigray Province,may have been introduced into Ethiopia from Arabia as early as 700 BC.
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A Tigray homestead overlooks the spectacular Gheralta Mountains in Northern Ethiopia. Flat-roofed stone houses,which are common throughout Tigray Province,may have been introduced into Ethiopia from Arabia as early as 700 BC.
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Thatched rooftop of hotel with lily pond and satue next to a rice field in Ubud District in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia
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Talisman watching over millet drying on courtyard of local witch doctor, near Gaoua, Poni Province, Burkina Faso
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Steep hills with terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of a farm and the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of the valley with the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of farmland and the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of a farm and the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Scenic overview of the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Scenic overview of the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Terraced vineyards and farm on the hills in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Looking down on the rows of terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overlooking rows of vines in the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Rows of vines on the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Rows of vines on the terraced vineyards in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Terraced vineyards and farms along the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overlooking the vineyards from a terrace in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overlooking the vineyards from a terrace in the Douro River Valley, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of a community in the Douro River Valley with terraced vineyards, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of a community in the Douro River Valley with terraced vineyards, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of a community in the Douro River Valley with terraced vineyards, Norte, Portugal
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Overview of rolling hills of farmland with fields of vinyards with palm trees near Calatafimi-Segesta in the Province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy
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Overview of farmland with fields of vineyards and trees near Calatafimi-Segesta in the Province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy
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Overview of farmland with grassy fields and crops near Calatafimi-Segesta in the Province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy
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Clay tile rooftops and overview of farmland in the medieval town of Motovun in Istria, Croatia
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Partially Harvested Wheat Field, Rocky Mountains in Distance, Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada
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Partially Harvested Wheat Field, Rocky Mountains in Distance, Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada
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Traditional African houses surrounded by good pasture on the top of the Cherangani Hills. The raised platform is used by the farmer as a sheep pen at night.
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A fine view from the cultivated slopes of the Tugen Hills looking across the Kerio Valley to the Keiyo Escarpment rising in the distance. This escarpment forms the western wall of the Gregory Rift one of the most spectacular stretches of Africa's remarkable Great Rift Valley.
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Maasai herdsmen drive their cattle home in the late afternoon over the dusty volcanic soil at the base of the western wall of the Gregory Rift,which dominates the landscape in this remote corner of northern Tanzania.
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Rich,but friable,volcanic soil surrounds the dormant volcano of Mount Meru (14,980 feet). The grasslands are grazed by livestock belonging to the Wa-Arusha,a maa speaking people related to the Maasai,who also till the land. .
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A proud peasant farmer harvests wheat between Ziway and Butajira in Central Ethiopia. Aided by his neighbours,the harvesting is carried out manually using sickles.
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Dramatic mountain scenery from the area around Geech, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Simien Mountains National Park, The Ethiopian Highlands, Ethiopia, Africa
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