Great Rift Valley

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The Great Rift Valley is a vast geological trench system stretching from the Middle East through eastern Africa, known for its dramatic landscapes, tectonic activity, and rich biodiversity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological rift system
tectonic plate boundary feature
associatedWith African Plate
Arabian Plate
Somali Plate
climate varies from arid to tropical
contains Afar Triangle
Albertine Rift
Danakil Depression
linked to: Danakil Desert

Dead Sea
Dead Sea Rift
East African Rift
Ethiopian Rift
linked to: East African Rift

Gregory Rift
Jordan Rift Valley
Jordan River
Kenya Rift Valley
Lake Abaya
Lake Albert
Lake Baringo
Lake Bogoria
Lake Chamo
Lake Edward
Lake Kivu
Lake Magadi
Lake Malawi
Lake Manyara
Lake Naivasha
Lake Nakuru
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Turkana
Malawi Rift
Mount Kenya
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Meru
Ngorongoro Crater
Olduvai Gorge
Red Sea
Red Sea Rift
Ruwenzori Mountains
linked to: Rwenzori Mountains

Sea of Galilee
Serengeti region
linked to: Serengeti ecosystem

Virunga Mountains
Western Rift
linked to: East African Rift
continent Africa
extendsFrom Lebanon
extendsTo Mozambique
formedBy continental rifting
geologicalAge Cenozoic
importance key region for African biodiversity
major center of human evolution research
significant geothermal energy potential
knownFor active volcanism
frequent earthquakes
high biodiversity
important hominin fossil sites
rift lakes
steep escarpments
majorHomininSite Hadar
Olduvai Gorge
majorHomininSite Koobi Fora
partOf Afro-Arabian Rift System
East African Rift System
linked to: East African Rift
passesThrough Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Israel
Jordan
Kenya
Lebanon
Malawi
Mozambique
Palestine
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary

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Shire River region Great Rift Valley
Tanzania–Zambia Railway crosses Great Rift Valley
Kalemie partOf Great Rift Valley region
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Albertine Rift partOf Great Rift Valley
Nyamuragira belongsTo Great Rift Valley system
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Albertine Rift Mountains partOf Western Rift Valley
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Awash River locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Awash River flowsThrough Great Rift Valley
Lukuga River region Great Rift Valley region
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Datooga people region Great Rift Valley
Afar people associatedGeographicFeature Great Rift Valley
Rift Valley region partOf Great Rift Valley
Kericho District locatedInRegion Kenya Rift Valley
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Omotik people region Great Rift Valley
Arava partOf Great Rift Valley
Virunga Mountains partOf Great Rift Valley
Goma partOf Great Rift Valley region
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Albert Nyanza region Great Rift Valley
Albert National Park locatedOn Rift Valley
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Kazinga National Park region Rift Valley
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Kigezi Highlands partOf Western Rift Valley
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Keiyo region Rift Valley
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Rift Valley Province locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Naivasha locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Crater Lake Game Sanctuary locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Hippo Point area region Great Rift Valley
South Island (Lake Turkana) locatedIn Great Rift Valley
subject linked to: South Island
Koobi Fora partOf Great Rift Valley
Omo River drainsInto Rift Valley system
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Omotic peoples culturalRegion Great Rift Valley
Hell’s Gate National Park locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Lake Turkana National Parks locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Mount Longonot locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Lake Nakuru locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Eldoret locatedInRegion Rift Valley
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Kenyan associatedWith Great Rift Valley
Jordan Valley partOf Great Rift Valley
Malewa River locatedIn Great Rift Valley
Songwe River locatedIn Great Rift Valley region
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Gilgil River locatedIn Rift Valley
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Beit She'an Valley partOf Great Rift Valley
Tanganyika Province locatedInRegion Great Rift Valley
Northern Tanzania traversedBy Great Rift Valley
subject linked to: northern Tanzania
Gol Mountains partOf Great Rift Valley region
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Southern Ethiopia hasGeographicFeature Rift Valley
subject linked to: southern Ethiopia
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Bishoftu locatedNear Great Rift Valley
Lake Malawi region partOf Great Rift Valley
Inferno Cone hasView Great Rift volcanic rift zone
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Lower Shire Valley partOf Great Rift Valley system
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Sapitwa Peak partOf Great Rift Valley region
linked to: Great Rift Valley