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How did the African Rift valley form?
the great rift valley formed when two plates shifted.
What African country starts and ends with a?
There are two countries that start and end with a. The two are Angola and Algeria.
What are two plates spreading considered to be constructive?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Potentially the East African Rift system in the future
What type of plate boundary created the East African Rift Valley?
The East African Rift is on the African plate. However, it is the point where this plate is splitting into two. These are the Somali plate and the Nubian plate. For more information visit, https://sites.google.com/site/wikieasierpages/east-african-rift
What countries is the Dead Sea located in?
The Dead Sea is located between two countries, Jordan and Israel. It is a endorheic lake that is located in the Jordan Rift Valley.
What are the two different physical features in the west and east?
Mountains dominate central and western Rwanda. These mountains are part of the Albertine Rift Mountains that flank the Albertine branch of the East African Rift.
What two plates formed the African rift valley?
The African Rift Valley is the boundary between the African Plate and the Arabian plate. Being a continental-continental divergent boundary, the two plates are drifting apart. The two plates are experiencing tensional stress and normal faulting, and will continue to rift as the plates continue to separate.
What valley is lake Victoria in?
It occupies a shallow depression in the East African Plateau between two arms of the Great Rift Valley
What is happening at the great rift valley?
A rift valley is an area where two tectonic plates are moving apart from each other. The greatest example of this is the African Rift Valley. In any such valley there will be multiple volcanoes, and frequent earthquakes.
What is an African country that stars with an a?
Algeria and Angola are the two African countries that start with an "A".
What is another name for a rift valley?
A failed rift valley is known as an aulacogen. It is a three-way continental plate junction in which two of the ridges continue spreading while the third stops. Examples of failed rift valleys are the Rio Grande Rift and the East African Rift.
What is the difference between the trunk of the African elephant and the trunk of the Indian elephant?
The trunk of an Indian elephant ends in one 'finger' while the African elephant's trunk ends with two.
