The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by
British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic
trench, approximately 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) in length, that runs
from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in East Africa. The name continues in some usages, although it is today
considered geologically imprecise as it combines features that are today
regarded as separate, although related, rift and fault systems. Today,
the term is most often used to refer to the valley of the East African
Rift, the divergent plate boundary which extends from the Afar Triple
Junction (see Afar Depression) southward across eastern Africa, and is
in the process of splitting the African Plate into two new separate
plates. Geologists generally refer to these incipient plates as the
Nubian Plate and the Somali Plate.
Great Rift Valley Images
Great Rift Valley Images
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