Landforms of Djibouti: Plains, Mountains, Plateaus, and Volcanoes

Djibouti's landscape includes coastal plains (narrow, barren, rocky strips along the Red Sea with some sand dunes), inland plains (central/southern desert scrub and grassland), the Goda Mountains (north, highest peak Mount Arrei at 1,783 m), the Ethiopian Plateau (western high flat area ~1,500 m average), the Mabla Mountains (southeast low hills, highest Mount Mabla 1,325 m), and volcanic features (Ardoukoba, Gagadé, Mabla – currently inactive). The terrain is largely arid and rugged, with pockets of beauty like Red Sea coral reefs and Lake Assal's salt flats.