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The Rift Valley and Bale Mountains
The Rift Valley in Ethiopia is a series of lakes that run south of Addis, flanked by the Bale Mountains to the east and the Omo Valley to the south.
The main rift valley lakes are:
- Lake Langano
- Lake Abijatta and Shalla
- Lake Chamo
- Lake Awassa
- Lake Ziway
The rift valley follows similar seasonality to the northern circuit, with a long rainy season from June to early September. The Bale Mountains to the east of the rift valley are the largest highland region south of Addis Ababa. The rains here are more extreme than in the rift valley, and more similar to what you'll find in the Simien Mountains in the north of the country.
