This woreda is divided into two agro-ecological zones, locally called "badda", or highland (temperate), which comprises 40% of the total area and has an altitude ranging between 1500 and 2604 meters above sea level, and "badda-dare, or" midland (moist subtropical), which comprises 60% and has an altitude between 1000 and 1500 meters above sea level. The "badda" agro-ecological zone is much cooler and receives more rainfall than the "badda-dare". The cultivated area covers 40.8% of the woreda (of which 32.7% of the total area is planted in annual crops), while 36.1% is pasture, 1.3% forest, 9% shrubland,