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Rifts are areas in the Earth's lithosphere where plates are moving apart and being infilled with basaltic magmas from the asthenosphere.
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What form of geological activity does the Great Rift Vaalley represent?
eroision
What is the major geological feature that bisects Kenya?
The Great Rift Valley :)
Is the great rift valley made up of a series of geological folds?
FALSE
What geological feature can be found at the mid ocean ridge?
usually a rift or trench
Where are there faults in Africa?
There are many geological faults in East Africa, notably the Great Rift Valley.
Which form of geological activity is the Great Rift Valley representing?
Usually the movement of tectonic plates.
How did the great rift valley get its name?
First named by the British explorer John Walter Gregory, the Great Rift Valley is an enormous geological feature that runs for 5,000km from northern Syria in southwestern Asia to central Mozambique in East Africa.
Who lives on the great rift valley?
The Great Rift Valley is predominently a feature of the African landscape. It starts (or ends) in northern Syria (in Southwest Asia) and runs southward through east Africa to central Mozambique.
which word dosnt belong in the list skiff tiff miffed rift?
miffed
How is the great rift valley like the grand canyon?
It's not. They are both valleys but were formed by distinctly different geological processes. They are alike you just gave the ans. they're both valleys....
What geological feature will form when plates separate?
Initially horst and graben structures will form. If plate separation or divergence continues, a rift valley will form and ultimately this can develop into a new Mid-Ocean-Ridge.
How do you use rift valley in a sentence?
I live in a rift valley! Before today, I was unaware that I am a Rift Valley Dude.
