Mount Choqa | |
Other Name: | Mount Birhan |
Elevation M: | 4100 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 2225 |
Listing: | Ultra |
Map: | Ethiopia |
Relief: | 1 |
Map Size: | 260 |
Location: | Amhara Region, Ethiopia |
Coordinates: | 10.7133°N 37.8483°W |
Mount Choqa (also known as ጮቄ ተራራ (in Ge'ez) Ch'ok'e Terara and Mount Birhan) at 4100m (13,500feet), is one of the highest mountains of Debay Telategn Gojjam, a region of Ethiopia located south of Lake Tana. The mountain and its surrounding area lacks forests, and its slopes are cultivated up to an elevation of 3,000 meters above sea level.
Mount Choqa consists of large amount of mammals . Some of the mammals are Leopard (Panthera pardus), colobus monkey .
The most widely spread plant species found in Mount Choqa are the Juniperus procera, Erica arborea, Hagenia abyssinica, Hypericum revolutum and Olea europae. Dominant crops in the area include wheat and potato .[2]