Great Rift Valley

E621744
geological rift system tectonic plate boundary feature

The Great Rift Valley is a vast geological trench system stretching from the Middle East through eastern Africa, known for its dramatic landscapes, tectonic activity, and rich biodiversity.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Rift Valley 4
Great Rift Valley region 3
Western Rift Valley 2

Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological rift system ⓘ
tectonic plate boundary feature ⓘ
associatedWith African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arabian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somali Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate varies from arid to tropical ⓘ
contains Afar Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Albertine Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danakil Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dead Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dead Sea Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ
East African Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ethiopian Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gregory Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenya Rift Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Abaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Baringo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Bogoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Chamo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Edward NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Kivu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Magadi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Manyara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Naivasha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Nakuru NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Turkana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malawi Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Kilimanjaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Meru NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngorongoro Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olduvai Gorge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Sea Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruwenzori Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sea of Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Serengeti region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virunga Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
extendsFrom Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy continental rifting ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
importance key region for African biodiversity ⓘ
major center of human evolution research ⓘ
significant geothermal energy potential ⓘ
knownFor active volcanism ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
important hominin fossil sites ⓘ
rift lakes ⓘ
steep escarpments ⓘ
majorHomininSite Hadar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olduvai Gorge NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorHomininSite Koobi Fora NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Afro-Arabian Rift System NERFINISHED ⓘ
East African Rift System NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Djibouti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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Shire River → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Tanzania–Zambia Railway (TAZARA) → crosses → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
subject surface form: Tanzania–Zambia Railway
Kalemie → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley region
Albertine Rift → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Nyamuragira → belongsTo → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley system
Albertine Rift Mountains → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Rift Valley
Awash River → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Awash River → flowsThrough → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Lukuga River → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley region
Datooga people → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Afar people → associatedGeographicFeature → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Rift Valley region → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Kericho District → locatedInRegion → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenya Rift Valley
Omotik people → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Arava → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Virunga Mountains → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Goma → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Rift Valley region
Albert Nyanza → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Albert National Park → locatedOn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rift Valley
Kazinga National Park → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rift Valley
Kigezi Highlands → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Rift Valley
Keiyo → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rift Valley
Rift Valley Province → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Naivasha → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Crater Lake Game Sanctuary → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Hippo Point area → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
South Island → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
subject surface form: South Island (Lake Turkana)
Koobi Fora → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Omo River → drainsInto → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rift Valley system
Omotic peoples → culturalRegion → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Hell’s Gate National Park → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Lake Turkana National Parks → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Mount Longonot → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Lake Nakuru → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Eldoret → locatedInRegion → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rift Valley
Kenyan → associatedWith → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Jordan Valley → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ