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| Image number: | 532 |
| Feature : | orographic clouds |
| Grouping : | atmospheric conditions |
| Discipline : | meteorology |
| Year : | 2004 |
| Locality : | Ethiopian rift shoulder, seen from Kalamino |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | East of Mekelle |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Ethiopian |
| Notice : | Clouds form when the dry air masses from the rift are pushed up against the western rift shoulder |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2004 Image 532. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |