Gregory Rift

E192969

Gregory Rift is a major segment of the East African Rift system in Kenya and northern Tanzania, characterized by prominent volcanic activity and deep tectonic valleys.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gregory Rift canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation
rift valley
associatedWith African Plate
Somali Plate
characterizedBy deep tectonic valleys
prominent volcanic activity
contains Baringo–Bogoria basin
Kenya Rift
linked to: East African Rift

Magadi–Natron basin
linked to: Lake Magadi

Manyara Rift
linked to: East African Rift

Naivasha basin
linked to: Lake Naivasha

Nakuru–Elmenteita basin
Natron Rift
linked to: Lake Natron

fault-bounded escarpments
rift lakes
volcanic centers
countryCrossed Kenya
Tanzania
extendsFrom northern Kenya
extendsTo northern Tanzania
formedBy continental rifting
extensional tectonics
geologicalAge Cenozoic
hasEconomicActivity geothermal energy development
tourism
hasFeature graben structures
steep escarpments
volcanic cones
hasLake Lake Baringo
Lake Bogoria
Lake Elmenteita
Lake Magadi
Lake Manyara
Lake Naivasha
Lake Nakuru
Lake Natron
Lake Turkana
hasVolcano Menengai Crater
Mount Longonot
Mount Meru
Mount Suswa
Ol Doinyo Lengai
isSubsegmentOf Eastern Branch of East African Rift
linked to: East African Rift
locatedIn Kenya
Tanzania
locatedInRegion East Africa
namedAfter John Walter Gregory
partOf East African Rift system
linked to: East African Rift
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

East African Rift contains Gregory Rift
Great Rift Valley system contains Gregory Rift
Lake Natron locatedIn Gregory Rift
Ol Doinyo Lengai locatedIn Gregory Rift