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Map of the Great Rift Valley. The Great Rift Valley (Swahili: Bonde la ufa) is a series of contiguous geographic depressions, approximately 6,000 or 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in total length, the definition varying between sources, that runs from the southern Turkish Hatay Province in Asia, through the Red Sea, to Mozambique in Southeast Africa.
A map of East Africa showing some of the historically active volcanoes (as red triangles) and the Afar Triangle (shaded at the center), which is a so-called triple junction (or triple point) where three plates are pulling away from one another: the Arabian plate and two parts of the African plate—the Nubian and Somali—splitting along the East African Rift Zone Main rift faults, plates ...
Great Rift Valley, a geographical and geological feature, approximately 6,000 km in length, which runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in East Africa which includes: The East African Rift which includes: Great Rift Valley, Kenya, a major rift valley in Kenya; Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia, a major rift valley in Ethiopia
The Jordan Rift Valley was formed many millions of years ago in the Miocene epoch (23.8 – 5.3 Myr ago) when the Arabian plate moved northward and then eastward away from Africa. One million years later, the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan Rift Valley rose so that the sea water stopped flooding the area. Alternatively, it was a ...
A geological anomaly along the The East African Rift System has long stumped scientists—until now. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
The Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia, (or Main Ethiopian Rift or Ethiopian Rift Valley) is a branch of the East African Rift that runs through Ethiopia in a southwest direction from the Afar triple junction. In the past, it was seen as part of a "Great Rift Valley" that ran from Mozambique to Syria. Known for its scenery and diverse wildlife in ...
Avoth Yeshurun, The Syrian-African Rift and other Poems. Translated by Harold Schimmel. 1980. ISBN 0-8276-0181-6; The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself (2003), ISBN 0-8143-2485-1. (Yeshurun was included in the first edition but not in the second edition)
East African Rift Valley, Kenya ISS 2012. Lake Turkana, at the northern end of the rift, is 250 kilometres (160 mi) long, between 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) and 30 kilometres (19 mi) wide and is 125 metres (410 ft) at its greatest depth. [13] Most of the other lakes are shallow and poorly drained, and therefore have become alkaline.