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29-505: The town lies along on a river. Nearby towns and villages include Holhol (42 km), Assamo (18 km) and Ali Adde (17 km). Guisti is in the Region of Ali Sabieh, its situated on a spur of a plateau , an upland characterized by one major wadi which run beside it. Guisti is near the borders of Somaliland to the east and Ethiopia to the south. Much of the landscape is rocky and arid, with desert vegetation and wildlife . Guisti has

58-511: A hot arid climate ( Köppen : BWh ) with hot and dry, prolonged summers and mild winters. As of 2012, the population of Guisti has been estimated to be 500. The town inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic -speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant. This Djibouti location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Holhol Holhol ( Somali : Hollholl , Arabic : حلحول )

87-568: A number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma , extrusion of lava , and erosion by water and glaciers . Plateaus are classified according to their surrounding environment as intermontane, piedmont, or continental. A few plateaus may have a small flat top while others have wider ones. Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, plate tectonics movements, and erosion by water and glaciers. Volcanic plateaus are produced by volcanic activity . The Columbia Plateau in

116-553: A river was already there, though not necessarily on exactly the same course. Then, subterranean geological forces caused the land in that part of North America to gradually rise by about a centimeter per year for millions of years. An unusual balance occurred: the river that would become the Colorado River was able to erode into the crust of the Earth at a nearly equal rate to the uplift of the plateau. Now, millions of years later,

145-524: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Plateau In geology and physical geography , a plateau ( / p l ə ˈ t oʊ , p l æ ˈ t oʊ , ˈ p l æ t oʊ / ; French: [plato] ; pl. : plateaus or plateaux ), also called a high plain or a tableland , is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides have deep hills or escarpments . Plateaus can be formed by

174-574: Is a town in the Ali Sabieh Region of Djibouti . It is located 44 kilometres (27 miles) south-west of the capital Djibouti City , at an altitude of 450 metres (1,476 feet) above sea level . The surrounding area is rich in livestock and fledgling agriculture . It is notable for being the birthplace of Cheik Osman Waiss a nationalist and anti-colonial where he began his movement. The Holhol area has been inhabited since ancient times with nomadics sometimes stopping here for water on

203-622: Is divided into three main flat regions: the Bogotá savanna , the valleys of Ubaté and Chiquinquirá , and the valleys of Duitama and Sogamoso . The parallel Sierra of Andes delimit one of the world highest plateaux: the Altiplano , (Spanish for "high plain"), Andean Plateau or Bolivian Plateau. It lies in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet. The bulk of

232-710: Is sometimes called the Roof of Africa due to its height and large area. Another example is the Highveld which is the portion of the South African inland plateau which has an altitude above approximately 1,500 metres, but below 2,100 metres, thus excluding the Lesotho mountain regions. It is home to some of the largest South African urban agglomerations . In Egypt are the Giza Plateau and Galala Mountain , which

261-545: Is the Scottish Highlands . Plateaus are classified according to their surrounding environment. The highest African plateau is the Ethiopian Highlands which cover the central part of Ethiopia. It forms the largest continuous area of its altitude in the continent, with little of its surface falling below 1,500 metres (4,921 ft), while the summits reach heights of up to 4,550 metres (14,928 ft). It

290-572: Is the home of more than 70 million people. The Western Plateau , part of the Australian Shield , is an ancient craton covering much of the continent's southwest, an area of some 700,000 square kilometres. It has an average elevation between 305 and 460 metres. The North Island Volcanic Plateau is an area of high land occupying much of the centre of the North Island of New Zealand, with volcanoes, lava plateaus, and crater lakes,

319-424: Is the seventh largest city in the country. Additionally, Holhol has a number of primary and secondary schools as well as nurseries. The El-Hajj Hassan Gouled Military Academy is located here. One kilometer from the town is the local college. Nearby towns and villages include Ali Sabieh (33 km), Goubetto (18 km), Ali Adde (23 km), Dasbiyo (19 km) and Chabelley (28 km). As of 2017,

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348-895: The Deccan Plateau (≈1,900,000 km (730,000 sq mi), elevation 300–600 metres (980–1,970 ft)). A large plateau in North America is the Colorado Plateau , which covers about 337,000 km (130,000 sq mi) in Colorado , Arizona , New Mexico , and Utah . In northern Arizona and southern Utah the Colorado Plateau is bisected by the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon . This came to be over 10 million years ago,

377-567: The " Roof of the World ", which is still being formed by the collisions of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates . The Tibetan Plateau covers approximately 2,500,000 km (970,000 sq mi), at about 5,000 m (16,000 ft) above sea level. The plateau is sufficiently high to reverse the Hadley cell convection cycles and to drive the monsoons of India towards

406-688: The Altiplano lies within Bolivian and Peruvian territory while its southern parts lie in Chile. The Altiplano plateau hosts several cities like Puno, Oruro, El Alto and La Paz the administrative seat of Bolivia. Northeastern Altiplano is more humid than the Southwestern, the latter of which hosts several salares , or salt flats, due to its aridity. At the Bolivia-Peru border lies Lake Titicaca ,

435-721: The North Rim of the Grand Canyon is at an elevation of about 2,450 m (8,040 ft) above sea level , and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is about 2,150 m (7,050 ft) above sea level. At its deepest, the Colorado River is about 1,830 m (6,000 ft) below the level of the North Rim. Another high-altitude plateau in North America is the Mexican Plateau . With an area of 601,882 km (232,388 sq mi) and average height of 1,825 metres, it

464-485: The climate is quite pleasant. Winter usually sets in around the end of November, extending through early to mid-March. During the winter months , average low temperatures are between 18 °C (64 °F) and 19 °C (66 °F), and it can occasionally drop to below 16 °C (61 °F). The average annual limited rainfall in Holhol is around 198 millimetres or 7.8 inches This Djibouti location article

493-761: The crust. Tectonic plateaus are formed by tectonic plate movements which cause uplift, and are normally of a considerable size, and a fairly uniform altitude. Examples are the Deccan Plateau in India and the Meseta Central on the Iberian Peninsula . Plateaus can also be formed by the erosional processes of glaciers on mountain ranges, leaving them sitting between the mountain ranges. Water can also erode mountains and other landforms down into plateaus. Dissected plateaus are highly eroded plateaus cut by rivers and broken by deep narrow valleys. An example

522-886: The fringes of settled areas. In August 2023, the once-common Cheetah was finally witnessed in the Holhol area for the first time in over more than 30 years. Other issues faces are soil erosion and overgrazing . All of these environmental issues produce soil degradation . Holhol is located in the central Ali Sabieh Region , and has a hot arid climate ( BWh ) under the Köppen-Geiger system , characterised by hot to sweltering, dry summers and mild winters with limited rainfall . Average high temperatures are between 34 °C (93 °F) and 38 °C (100 °F) during summer months , and it can sometimes rise up to 41 °C (106 °F) during heat waves , and it can occasionally drop to below 27 °C (81 °F) at night. However, with low humidity and moderate temperatures at night,

551-674: The gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon , the Indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana . Tepuis can be considered minute plateaus and tend to be found as isolated entities rather than in connected ranges, which makes them the host of a unique array of endemic plant and animal species. Some of the most outstanding tepuis are Neblina , Autana , Auyan and Mount Roraima . They are typically composed of sheer blocks of Precambrian quartz arenite sandstone that rise abruptly from

580-492: The jungle, giving rise to spectacular natural scenery. Auyán-tepui is the source of Angel Falls , the world's tallest waterfall . The Colombian capital city of Bogota sits on an Andean plateau known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense roughly the size of Switzerland. Averaging a height of 2,600 m (8,500 ft) above sea level, this northern Andean plateau is situated in the country's eastern range and

609-754: The landscape is rocky and arid, with desert vegetation and wildlife. Most of the regional flora consists of African olive tree , Acacia tortilis with an added mixture of Buxus hildebrandtii , Tarchonanthus camphoratus , Terminalia brownie and the Flat top acacia , the mesquite tree , an invasive species from Central America , has become established. Native fauna includes the Soemmerring's gazelle , Hamadryas baboon , Salt's dik-dik , Beira , African spurred tortoise , several species of Somali elephant shrew and Yellow-spotted rock hyrax , Somali ostrich , Black-backed jackal . Hyena may be observed on occasion, on

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638-601: The most notable of which is the country's largest lake, Lake Taupō . The plateau stretches approximately 100 km east to west and 130 km north to south. The majority of the plateau is more than 600 metres above sea level. A tepui ( / ˈ t ɛ p w i / ), or tepuy ( Spanish: [teˈpuj] ), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana . The word tepui means "house of

667-442: The north-western United States is an example. They may be formed by upwelling of volcanic magma or extrusion of lava. The underlining mechanism in forming plateaus from upwelling starts when magma rises from the mantle , causing the ground to swell upward. In this way, large, flat areas of rock are uplifted to form a plateau. For plateaus formed by extrusion, the rock is built up from lava spreading outward from cracks and weak areas in

696-543: The population of Holhol has been estimated to be roughly around 3,000. The city inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic -speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant. Holhol is situated on a spur of a plateau , an upland characterized by two major wadis which run beside it. Holhol is located between the Guban Desert on the east and the Gagegando Mountains on the west. Much of

725-866: The south. The Deosai Plains in Pakistan are situated at an average elevation of 4,114 meters (13,497 ft) above sea level. They are considered to be the second highest plateaus in the world. Other major plateaus in Asia are: Najd on the Arabian Peninsula , elevation 762 to 1,525 m (2,500 to 5,003 ft), Armenian Highlands (≈400,000 km (150,000 sq mi), elevation 900–2,100 metres (3,000–6,900 ft)), Iranian Plateau (≈3,700,000 km (1,400,000 sq mi), elevation 300–1,500 metres (980–4,920 ft)), Anatolian Plateau , Mongolian Plateau (≈2,600,000 km (1,000,000 sq mi), elevation 1,000–1,500 metres (3,300–4,900 ft)), and

754-480: The surrounding coastline through enormous glaciers . The polar ice cap is so massive that the echolocation measurements of ice thickness have shown that large areas are below sea level . But, as the ice melts, the land beneath will rebound through isostasy and ultimately rise above sea level. The largest and highest plateau in the world is the Tibetan Plateau , sometimes metaphorically described as

783-567: The traditional camel caravan economy of Holhol. It was first railway in French Somaliland . Holhol is served by a station on the meter gauge Ethio-Djibouti Railway . A notable feature of the meter-gauge railway is a viaduct , 29 meters high and 45 meters long, that was built in 1900. The station is a transit point for commercial goods from Ethiopia. Holhol also has a station on the new standard gauge Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway . The town also lies along RN-5 National Highway . It

812-584: The way to the town of Zeila and Harar across the Horn of Africa . and after the signing treaties in 1894 with the then ruling Ugaas of Issa Somali , to established a protectorate in the region referred to as French Somaliland . The railway reached this location on 14 July 1899. Holhol became an administrative and commercial centre in the 1900s after the construction of the Ethio-Djibouti Railway between Djibouti City and Addis Ababa, undermined

841-605: Was once called Gallayat Plateaus, rising 3,300 ft above sea level. Another very large plateau is the icy Antarctic Plateau , which is sometimes referred to as the Polar Plateau or King Haakon VII Plateau, home to the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station , which covers most of East Antarctica where there are no known mountains but rather 3,000 m (9,800 ft) high of superficial ice and which spreads very slowly toward

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