Inda Sillasie
municipality in Ethiopia
Inda Sillasie is a tabia or municipality in the Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The tabia centre is in Migichi village, located approximately 13 km to the south-southeast of the woreda town Hagere Selam.
Geography
The tabia stretches down from the foot of the Tsatsen ridge to Giba River, over a long ledge between the Inda Sillasie and Gra Agiam/Bitchoqo rivers. The highest peak is a hill at May Ch'elaqo (2330 m a.s.l.) and the lowest place is the confluence between Giba and Bitchoqo rivers (1440 m a.s.l.).
Geology
From the higher to the lower locations, the following geological formations are present:
Antalo Limestone
Adigrat Sandstone
Quaternary alluvium and freshwater tufa
Geomorphology and soils
The main geomorphic unit, with corresponding soil types is the gently rolling Antalo Limestone plateau, holding cliffs and valley bottoms.
Associated soil types
shallow stony soils with a dark surface horizon overlying calcaric material (Calcaric Leptosol)
moderately deep dark stony clays with good natural fertility (Vertic Cambisol)
deep, dark cracking clays on calcaric material (Calcaric Vertisol, Calcic Vertisol)
Inclusions
Rock outcrops and very shallow soils (Lithic Leptosol)
Shallow very stony loamy soil on limestone (Skeletic Calcaric Cambisol)
Deep dark cracking clays with very good natural fertility, waterlogged during the wet season (Chromic Vertisol, Pellic Vertisol)
Brown to dark sands and silt loams on alluvium (Vertic Fluvisol, Eutric Fluvisol, Haplic Fluvisol)
Climate and hydrology
Climate and meteorology
The rainfall pattern shows a very high seasonality with 70 to 80% of the annual rain falling in July and August. Mean temperature in Migichi is 21 °C, oscillating between average daily minimum of 11.9 °C and maximum of 29.6 °C. The contrasts between day and night air temperatures are much larger than seasonal contrasts.
Rivers
The Giba River is the most important river in the surroundings of the tabia. It flows towards Tekezze River and further on to the Nile. This river and its affluents have incised deep gorges which characterise the landscape.
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