East African Rift

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continental rift geological structure tectonic plate boundary

The East African Rift is a major tectonic rift system in eastern Africa where the African Plate is splitting into separate plates, creating a chain of rift valleys, volcanoes, and lakes.

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All labels observed (32)

Label	Occurrences
East African Rift canonical	34
East African Rift system	27
East African Rift System	18
Great Rift Valley	11
Western Rift Valley	5
East African Rift Valley	4
East African Rift volcanic system	4
Eastern Rift	2
Eastern Rift mountains	2
Kenya Rift	2
Main Ethiopian Rift	2
Afar plume	1
East Africa Rift System	1
East African Plateau	1
East African Rift Valley system	1
East African Rift development	1
East African Rift lakes	1
East African Rift northern extension in the Red Sea region	1
East African Rift region	1
East African Rift volcanism	1
Eastern Branch of East African Rift	1
Eastern Rift Mountains	1
Eastern Rift Valley	1
Great Rift Valley (northern section)	1
Great Rift Valley system	1
Kenya Rift Valley	1
Manyara Rift	1
Syrian-African Rift	1
Tanzania Rift	1
Western Branch of East African Rift	1
Western Rift	1
Western Rift of the East African Rift	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	continental rift ⓘ geological structure ⓘ tectonic plate boundary ⓘ
activityStatus	active ⓘ
approximateLength	over 3000 kilometers ⓘ
associatedWith	African Great Lakes ⓘ surface form: East African Rift Valley lakes Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) ⓘ surface form: Great Rift Valley
causes	crustal extension ⓘ earthquakes ⓘ normal faulting ⓘ volcanism ⓘ
contains	Afar Triangle ⓘ surface form: Afar Depression Albertine Rift ⓘ Erta Ale ⓘ surface form: Dabbahu Volcano East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Rift Erta Ale ⓘ Gregory Rift ⓘ East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kenya Rift Lake Albert ⓘ Lake Edward ⓘ Lake Kivu ⓘ Lake Magadi ⓘ Lake Malawi ⓘ Lake Manyara National Park ⓘ surface form: Lake Manyara Lake Natron ⓘ Lake Tanganyika ⓘ Lake Turkana ⓘ Afar Triangle ⓘ surface form: Main Ethiopian Rift Malawi Rift ⓘ Mount Elgon ⓘ Mount Kenya ⓘ Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ Mount Meru ⓘ Nyamuragira ⓘ Nyiragongo ⓘ Ol Doinyo Lengai ⓘ East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tanzania Rift East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Rift
continent	Africa ⓘ
drivenBy	Ethiopian Traps volcanism ⓘ surface form: African superplume mantle upwelling ⓘ
evolutionTrend	may evolve into new ocean basin ⓘ
extendsFrom	Afar Triangle ⓘ surface form: Afar Triple Junction
extendsTo	Mozambique ⓘ
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ
influences	hydrology of East Africa ⓘ regional climate ⓘ regional topography ⓘ
knownFor	abundant volcanoes ⓘ chain of rift valleys ⓘ deep lakes ⓘ
locatedIn	East Africa ⓘ surface form: eastern Africa
partOf	African Plate ⓘ East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: East Africa Rift System
passesThrough	Burundi ⓘ Djibouti ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Malawi ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
process	continental rifting ⓘ
separates	African Plate ⓘ surface form: Nubian Plate Somali Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting	divergent plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (132)

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

Lake Assal → partOfRiftSystem → East African Rift ⓘ

Ethiopian Highlands → traversedBy → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley

Ethiopian Highlands → dividedBy → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Main Ethiopian Rift

Lake Victoria → locatedOnPlateau → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Plateau

Eurasian Plate → formsFeature → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift northern extension in the Red Sea region

Dead Sea shore → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian-African Rift

Dead Sea shore → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley system

Sea of Galilee → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley

Mount Kilimanjaro → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift system

Mount Kilimanjaro → mountainRange → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Rift mountains

African Plate → includesRegion → East African Rift ⓘ

African Plate → associatedWith → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift System

Sub-Saharan Africa → hasNaturalRegion → East African Rift ⓘ

East Africa → hasSubregion → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift Valley

East Africa → contains → East African Rift ⓘ

Congo River → sourceRegion → East African Rift ⓘ

Lake Tanganyika → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

Lake Tanganyika shoreline → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift system

Kigoma → locatedOnRift → East African Rift ⓘ

Danakil Desert → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley

East African Rift → partOf → East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Africa Rift System

East African Rift → contains → East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Rift

East African Rift → contains → East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Rift

East African Rift → contains → East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kenya Rift

East African Rift → contains → East African Rift self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tanzania Rift

Ethiopian Traps volcanism → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift System

Ethiopian Traps volcanism → hasCause → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afar plume

Ethiopian Traps volcanism → relatedTo → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift development

Nilo-Saharian → majorCenter → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift Valley

Afar Triangle → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift System

Equatorial lakes region → hasGeologicalContext → East African Rift ⓘ

subject surface form: Equatorial Lakes region

this entity surface form: East African Rift system

Northeast Africa → contains → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley (northern section)

Virunga National Park → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

Furtwängler Glacier → isWithin → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift region

Mount Kenya → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Rift mountains

Lake Albert → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

Lake Albert → region → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park → locatedIn → East African Rift ⓘ

Margherita Peak → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift system

Rwenzori Mountains → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift system

Luangwa River → geologicalSetting → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift system

Kilimanjaro National Park → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Rift Mountains

Mawenzi → geologicalSetting → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift system

Shira → locatedOn → East African Rift ⓘ

Lake Turkana → locatedIn → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley

Lake Turkana → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift system

Lake Naivasha → locatedIn → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley

Lake Naivasha → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift system

Nakuru → partOf → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley

Somali Plate → hasBoundary → East African Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Rift System