| Terrain Eritrea :
| dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains
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| Natural hazards Eritrea :
| frequent droughts; locust swarms
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| Environment current issues Eritrea :
| deforestation; desertification; soil erosion; overgrazing; loss of infrastructure from civil warfare
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| Environment international agreements party to Eritrea :
| Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species
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| Geography note Eritrea :
| strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes; Eritrea retained the entire coastline of Ethiopia along the Red Sea upon de jure independence from Ethiopia on 24 May 1993
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| Flag description Eritrea :
| red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle
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| Agriculture products Eritrea :
| sorghum, lentils, vegetables, corn, cotton, tobacco, coffee, sisal; livestock, goats; fish
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| Industries Eritrea :
| food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles
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