What caused the Great Rift Valley and the Great Escarpment?

Answer 1

The Great Rift Valley, that stretches from Israel to Mozambique is one the greatest land formations. It was formed when the earth tectonic forces split the African Plate to form new plates called Somalian and Nubian protoplates.

Answer 2

in the east, movements of the earth's crust millions of years ago cracked continent, and parts of the plateau's surface dropped.this formed the great rift valley, where some of the earliest human fossils have been unearthed. this valley extends through eastern Africa from present-day Mozambique to the red sea.

Answer 3

a mantle plume rising up the African plate causing it to dome up and crack. The Afar is the triple junction, where the other two branches of the rift have already flooded to form seas, and the third arm went south to great the African Rift Valley as we see it today.

If it keeps going (rifting) the East African Rift may also flood with water and essentially separate Somalia from the rest of the continent.

Answer 4

The Great Rift Valley was formed due to tectonic plate movements where the African Plate is splitting apart. This process creates a series of faults and volcanic activity. The Great Escarpment was formed by erosion over millions of years, where the harder rock of the plateau is gradually worn down by the forces of weathering and rivers.

Answer 5

Geologists think that the Great Rift Valley was caused by violent underground forces. Perhaps underground earthquakes and plate movement.

Answer 6

The EARV was formed by the separation of the African plate from the Arabian plate.

Answer 7

Tectonic forces

Answer 8

FAULTING