EASTERN AFRICAN RIFT VALLY

LOCATED

• East Africa around the Arabian plate an the gulf of aden

PLATES THAT MADE THE AFRICAN RIFT VALLY

• African plate
• Nubian Plate
• Somali Plate

THE PLATE BOUNDERS

• Divergent

EXPLANATION OF THE RIFT VALLY

• Great Rift Valley also Rift V A geologic depression of southwest Asia and eastern Africa extending from the Jordan River valley to Mozambique. The region is marked by a series of faults caused by volcanic action.

FACTS

• It extends c.3,000 mi (4,830 km) from N Syria to central Mozambique.
• The northernmost extension runs S through Syria and Lebanon, the Jordan valley, the Dead Sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba.

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