Haddinnet
municipality in Ethiopia
Haddinnet, also transliterated as Hadnet, is a tabia or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The tabia centre is in Addi Idaga village, located approximately 6.5 km to the northeast of the woreda town Hagere Selam.
Geography
The tabia is located on the southern and northern slopes of the Tsili ridge in the northern part of Dogu'a Tembien. The highest peak is Dabba Selama (2630 m a.s.l.) (not to be confounded with the homonymous monastery) and the lowest place along Agefet River (1720 m a.s.l.).
Geology
From the higher to the lower locations, the following geological formations are present:
Phonolite plugs
Upper basalt
Interbedded lacustrine deposits
Lower basalt
Amba Aradam Formation
Agula Shale
Antalo Limestone
Adigrat Sandstone
Edaga Arbi Glacials
Quaternary alluvium and freshwater tufa
Climate
The rainfall pattern shows a very high seasonality with 70 to 80% of the annual rain falling in July and August. Mean temperature in Addi Idaga is 20.4 °C, oscillating between average daily minimum of 11.5 °C and maximum of 28.9 °C. The contrasts between day and night air temperatures are much larger than seasonal contrasts.
Springs
As there is very poor baseflow in the permanent rivers, the presence of springs is of utmost importance for the local people. The main springs in the tabia are:
Ruba Weyni, fed by seepage from May Leiba reservoir
May Damo in Atsa
Abune Ayezgi in Debre Medhanit
Reservoirs
In this area with rains that last only for a couple of months per year, reservoirs of different sizes allow harvesting runoff from the rainy season for further use in the dry season. Overall they suffer from siltation. Yet, they strongly contribute to greening the landscape, either through irrigation or seepage water.
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