East African Volcanic Province

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The East African Volcanic Province is a major tectonically active region in East Africa characterized by extensive volcanic activity associated with the East African Rift system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region
tectonically active region
volcanic province
associatedWith East African Rift System
linked to: East African Rift
extendsAcross Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
extendsInto Afar Depression
linked to: Afar Triangle

Kenya Rift
linked to: Kenya Rift Valley

Main Ethiopian Rift
Western Branch of East African Rift
geologicalAge Cenozoic
hasGeologicalProcess crustal extension
rifting
volcanism
hasHazard ash fall
earthquakes
lava flows
volcanic eruptions
hasMagmaComposition basalt
phonolite
rhyolite
trachyte
hasNotableVolcano Dabbahu
Erta Ale
Longonot
Menengai
Mount Elgon
Mount Kenya
Mount Kilimanjaro
Nyamuragira
Nyiragongo
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Suswa
hasOngoingActivity true
hasVolcanicActivityType basaltic volcanism
central vent eruptions
fissure eruptions
hasVolcanicLandform calderas
cinder cones
lava fields
shield volcanoes
stratovolcanoes
heatFlow elevated
locatedIn East Africa
partOf East African Rift System
linked to: East African Rift
relatedTo African Plate
Nubian Plate
linked to: African Plate

Somali Plate
tectonicSetting continental rift

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Ol Doinyo Lengai belongsTo East African Volcanic Province
Shetani lava flow partOf Great Rift Valley volcanic province
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Shira volcanic cone isWithin Eastern Rift-related volcanic province
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Central Island volcanicField Lake Turkana Rift volcanics
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Menengai Crater volcanicArcOrBelt East African Rift volcanic system
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Kilimanjaro volcanic complex volcanicArcOrBelt East African Rift volcanism
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Chyulu Hills aquifer associatedWith East African Rift volcanic systems
linked to: East African Volcanic Province