Tullu Dimtu ( Oromo: Tulluu Diimtuu) is the fourth highest peak in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

after Ras Dashen (4550m), Ancua (4462m), and Kidus Yared (4453m). Tullu Dimtu is on the Sanetti Plateau in the

Bale Mountains The Bale Mountains (also known as the Urgoma Mountains) are mountain ranges in the Oromia Region of southeast Ethiopia, south of the Awash River, part of the Ethiopian Highlands. They include Mount Tullu Demtu, Tullu Demtu, the fourth-highest mou ...

Oromia Region Oromia (, ) is a Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. Under Article 49 of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Constitution, the capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa, also called Finfinne. The ...

in southeast

, within Bale Mountains National Park. It forms part of the divide between the

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

s of the Weyib and

Shebelle River The Shebelle River ( Oromo: Laga Shabeellee, , , ) also known historically as the Nile of Mogadishu, begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest, where ...

s. A rough gravel road, the third highest in Africa, leads to the top of Tullu Dimtu.

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Ethiopia 2006 - Part 5 - Over Bale mountains and down to Harena forest
Tullu Bale Mountains Ethiopian Highlands Geography of Oromia {{Mountain-stub

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