Rift Valley escarpments

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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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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 ⓘ
Kenyan Highlands ⓘ
influences biodiversity distribution ⓘ
local climate gradients ⓘ
regional drainage patterns ⓘ
locatedIn African Plate ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
partOf East African Rift System ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift
studiedIn geomorphology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ

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Lake Tanganyika shoreline → adjacentTo → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
Lake Manyara National Park → borderedBy → Rift Valley escarpment ⓘ
linked to: Rift Valley escarpments
Eastern Arc Mountains → separatedFrom → Eastern African Rift mountains ⓘ
linked to: Rift Valley escarpments
Northern Circuit tourism area → knownFor → Rift Valley escarpments ⓘ
Kyambura Gorge → locatedNear → Rift Valley escarpment ⓘ
linked to: Rift Valley escarpments
Manyara Region → landscapeFeature → Great Rift Valley escarpment ⓘ
linked to: Rift Valley escarpments
Rift Valley Province → containsGeographicalFeature → Rift Valley escarpment ⓘ
linked to: Rift Valley escarpments
Crater Lake Game Sanctuary → hasView → Rift Valley escarpment ⓘ
linked to: Rift Valley escarpments
Mto wa Mbu → locatedOn → Great Rift Valley escarpment area ⓘ
linked to: Rift Valley escarpments