The fertile plains of southern Somalia The Somalian territory is made up of mountainous terrain to the north gradually leading down to the plains in the south, made fertile by the course of the Jubba and Shebelle rivers. © Michel Renaudeau / Hoa Qui
The only fertile regions are along the rivers rushing from Ethiopia, south of Muqdisho. The landscape in this sub-tropical area is greener, flatter and monotone.