East African Rift system

GPTKB entity

Statements (71)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf tectonic rift system
gptkbp:age Miocene to present
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Lake_Rukwa
gptkb:Ruwenzori_Mountains
gptkb:Burundi
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Djibouti
gptkb:Eritrea
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Malawi
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Rwanda
gptkb:South_Sudan
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:Zambia
gptkb:Eastern_Rift
gptkb:Gregory_Rift
gptkb:Menengai_Crater
gptkb:Turkana_Rift
gptkb:Western_Rift
gptkb:Main_Ethiopian_Rift
gptkb:Albertine_Rift
gptkb:Lake_Malawi
gptkb:Lake_Tanganyika
gptkb:Lake_Victoria
gptkb:Mount_Kilimanjaro
gptkb:hot_springs
gptkb:Lake_Albert
gptkb:Virunga_Mountains
gptkb:Lake_Edward
gptkb:Mount_Elgon
gptkb:Ngorongoro_Crater
gptkb:Ol_Doinyo_Lengai
gptkb:Olduvai_Gorge
gptkb:Serengeti_Plain
gptkb:Kenya_Rift
gptkb:Malawi_Rift
gptkb:Rukwa_Rift
gptkb:Soda_Lakes
gptkb:Tanganyika_Rift
gptkb:Afar_Depression
volcanoes
Danakil Depression
Erta Ale
Lake Kivu
earthquakes
Lake Turkana
Mount Kenya
geothermal activity
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:John_Walter_Gregory
gptkbp:extendsTo gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Afar_Triple_Junction
gptkbp:formedBy divergent tectonic plate boundary
gptkbp:future may become a new ocean basin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East African Rift system
gptkbp:length over 3,000 km
gptkbp:locatedIn East Africa
gptkbp:notableFor unique biodiversity
rich fossil sites
early hominid discoveries
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Great_Rift_Valley
gptkbp:separates gptkb:African_Plate
gptkb:Somali_Plate
gptkbp:studiedBy geologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lake_Mweru
gptkb:Mountains_of_the_Moon
gptkb:Malagarasi_River
gptkb:Ruzizi_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6