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Formed as large slabs of rock sink and slide down into gaps in the crust
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Which country is the rift valley in?
The Great Rift Vally is not in any one country, it is approximately 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) in length and traverses Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa.
What is the difference between a rift valley and the Great rift valley?
The Great Rift Valley is one particular rift valley located in Africa. There are other rift valleys located in other parts of the world.
What are the characteristics of a rift valley?
Igneous. Crustal material is added in rift valleys by the addition of magma.
What is the current most active rift?
The rift in Eastern Africa
How is the Great Rift valley unique?
the great rift valley is unique because is the longest rift in the world. The great rift valley was maded by plates in the Earth crust. I hope that this really helps!
What is a lower portion of land between two mountains?
a rift vally/ vally?
What is a sentence for rift vally?
Lake Baikal in Siberia lies in a rift valley.
Where does the great rift vally start?
at lake Victoria
The kind of valley is where tectonic plates move apart?
The awnser is rift vally
How did the East Africa rift originate?
The East African rift vally is a landform that occured due to the divergence of the Nubian and Somalian subplates.
Which country is the rift valley in?
The Great Rift Vally is not in any one country, it is approximately 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) in length and traverses Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa.
Long deep cracks formed when plates separate?
rift vally on land, and mid-ocean ridge under water
What are the physical feature of east Africa?
Mt. Kenya and Lake Rudolph are two major physical features of Eastern Africa. ==================== The Great Rift Vally and the Savannah grassland's.
What are the the major land forms in Ethiopia?
one landform in Ethiopia is the rolling green hills and water
Is the mid-Atlantic ridge older than the great rift valley?
Yes, as a feature on the planet the mid-Atlantic ridge is older than the Great Rift Vally, however the present volcanic features on the ridge are just as young as those in the valley.
When did Vally Weigl die?
Vally Weigl died in 1982.
When was Vally Weigl born?
Vally Weigl was born in 1894.
