Rift Valley escarpments

E175083
escarpment system tectonic landform

The Rift Valley escarpments are steep, elongated cliffs formed by tectonic rifting in East Africa, dramatically bordering deep valleys and lakes such as Lake Tanganyika.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rift Valley escarpment 4
Rift Valley escarpments canonical 2
Eastern African Rift mountains 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf escarpment system ⓘ
tectonic landform ⓘ
associatedWith continental rifting ⓘ
crustal extension ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
volcanic activity ⓘ
borders Lake Albert ⓘ
Lake Edward ⓘ
Lake Kivu ⓘ
Lake Malawi ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
Lake Turkana ⓘ
graben structures ⓘ
rift valleys ⓘ
characterizedBy fault-line scarps ⓘ
high relief ⓘ
composedOf crystalline basement rocks ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
erosionProcesses fluvial incision ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
rockfalls ⓘ
extendsThrough Burundi ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
formedBy normal faulting ⓘ
tectonic rifting ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween rift floor and surrounding plateaus ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasEconomicImpactOn agriculture ⓘ
hydropower potential ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMorphology elongated scarps ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
highestPointNear Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
East African Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Kenyan Highlands
influences biodiversity distribution ⓘ
local climate gradients ⓘ
regional drainage patterns ⓘ
locatedIn African Plate ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
partOf East African Rift ⓘ
surface form: East African Rift System
studiedIn geomorphology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Tanganyika shoreline → adjacentTo → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
Lake Manyara National Park → borderedBy → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rift Valley escarpment
Eastern Arc Mountains → separatedFrom → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern African Rift mountains
Northern Circuit tourism area → knownFor → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
Kyambura Gorge → locatedNear → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rift Valley escarpment
Manyara Region → landscapeFeature → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley escarpment
Rift Valley Province → containsGeographicalFeature → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rift Valley escarpment
Crater Lake Game Sanctuary → hasView → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rift Valley escarpment