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What is a fault in the earth's crust on the eastern side of Africa?
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The East African Rift is complex and one of the largest continental rifts on Earth; it extends from north from Lebanon to Ethiopia, running downwards though Kenya from the north to the south. It is slowly splitting the African continent in half.
There are fault-lines that stretch outward from this rift, reaching out across the face of African. One fault-line moves westward extending to Lake Nysas. There is one which runs to east-central Africa near the equator and Lake Victoria. The eastern fault-lines include the Great Rift Valley which runs from Syria in south-western Asia, to Mozambique in south-eastern Africa. Another fault-line lays in north-eastern Africa and extends to the Afar Triangle, part of a mid-ocean ridge. There is also a fault-line which runs between the Somalia and Nubia plates.
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What kind of fault is the Great Rift Valley in Africa?
It's a Normal Fault.
What is the difference between a fold and a fault?
Folds and faults are both formed from compression on opposite sides due to tectonic movement of the earth's crust. However, in a fold, the crust does not break, it simply is deformed in a curved pattern. In a fault, the rocks in the crust actually shatter, and movement is seen along a fault line, wheby rocks are displaced relative to each other.
What is the fault system in East Africa?
Rift Valley
How did maagascr break away from Africa?
In between Africa and Madagascar there is a tectonic plate fault line this caused Madagascar to break away from Africa
What is the similarity between a fault and a fault zone?
A fault is where to tectonic plates meet but a fault zone is the area around a fault.
A is a breaker in the earths crust?
fault
What is a A break in earths crust?
A fault
A crack in earths crust?
Fault
What is an example of a fault in earths crust?
San Andreas fault.
What is a deep crack in the earths crust called?
A fault.
A zone of weakness or a break in earths crust is known as?
a fault
What is the difference between a crack in the earths crust and a fault?
There is no difference. The definition of fault is precisely: a crack in the Earth's crust.
How does a strike slip fault lead to an earthquake?
An earthquake occurs deep in the earths crust caused by the displacement of two faults in the crust. Directly above the fault on the earths surface is called the epicenter. Which shows the aftermath of the strike slip fault that occured in the earths crust. So the strike slip fault is the effect of the displacement of the crust at that point deep in the earths crust which causes an earthquake to happen whenever there is a displacement of two faults.
What is foult?
A *fault* is a slip or crack in the earths crust.
Where are fault block mountain located?
fault block mountains are located in the earths crust
Which of these is formed when plates of earths crust bend and crack?
a fault
What is the social studies term for fault?
a crack in earths crust
