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 11

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 (11)

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 ⓘ
Empakaai Crater → partOf → Gregory Rift ⓘ
Great Rift Valley → contains → Gregory Rift ⓘ
Baringo–Bogoria basin → locatedIn → Gregory Rift ⓘ
Mount Suswa → mountainRange → Gregory Rift ⓘ
Menengai Crater → partOf → Gregory Rift ⓘ
Lake Eyasi → locatedIn → Gregory Rift ⓘ