Great Rift Valley

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological rift system ⓘ
tectonic plate boundary feature ⓘ
associatedWith African Plate ⓘ
Arabian Plate ⓘ
Somali Plate ⓘ
climate varies from arid to tropical ⓘ
contains Afar Triangle ⓘ
Albertine Rift ⓘ
Danakil Depression ⓘ
linked to: Danakil Desert

Dead Sea ⓘ
Dead Sea Rift ⓘ
East African Rift ⓘ
Ethiopian Rift ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift

Gregory Rift ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley ⓘ
Jordan River ⓘ
Kenya Rift Valley ⓘ
Lake Abaya ⓘ
Lake Albert ⓘ
Lake Baringo ⓘ
Lake Bogoria ⓘ
Lake Chamo ⓘ
Lake Edward ⓘ
Lake Kivu ⓘ
Lake Magadi ⓘ
Lake Malawi ⓘ
Lake Manyara ⓘ
Lake Naivasha ⓘ
Lake Nakuru ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika ⓘ
Lake Turkana ⓘ
Malawi Rift ⓘ
Mount Kenya ⓘ
Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ
Mount Meru ⓘ
Ngorongoro Crater ⓘ
Olduvai Gorge ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
Red Sea Rift ⓘ
Ruwenzori Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Rwenzori Mountains

Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Serengeti region ⓘ
linked to: Serengeti ecosystem

Virunga Mountains ⓘ
Western Rift ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift
continent Africa ⓘ
extendsFrom Lebanon ⓘ
extendsTo Mozambique ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Olduvai Gorge ⓘ
majorHomininSite Koobi Fora ⓘ
partOf Afro-Arabian Rift System ⓘ
East African Rift System ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift
passesThrough Burundi ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
tectonicSetting divergent plate boundary ⓘ

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Shire River → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Tanzania–Zambia Railway → crosses → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Kalemie → partOf → Great Rift Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Albertine Rift → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Nyamuragira → belongsTo → Great Rift Valley system ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Albertine Rift Mountains → partOf → Western Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Awash River → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Awash River → flowsThrough → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Lukuga River → region → Great Rift Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Datooga people → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Afar people → associatedGeographicFeature → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Rift Valley region → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Kericho District → locatedInRegion → Kenya Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Omotik people → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Arava → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Virunga Mountains → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Goma → partOf → Great Rift Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Albert Nyanza → region → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Albert National Park → locatedOn → Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Kazinga National Park → region → Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Kigezi Highlands → partOf → Western Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Keiyo → region → Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Great 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 (Lake Turkana) → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
subject linked to: South Island
Koobi Fora → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Omo River → drainsInto → Rift Valley system ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
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 → Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Kenyan → associatedWith → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Jordan Valley → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Malewa River → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Songwe River → locatedIn → Great Rift Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Gilgil River → locatedIn → Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Beit She'an Valley → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Tanganyika Province → locatedInRegion → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Northern Tanzania → traversedBy → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Tanzania
Gol Mountains → partOf → Great Rift Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Southern Ethiopia → hasGeographicFeature → Rift Valley ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Ethiopia
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Bishoftu → locatedNear → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Lake Malawi region → partOf → Great Rift Valley ⓘ
Inferno Cone → hasView → Great Rift volcanic rift zone ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Lower Shire Valley → partOf → Great Rift Valley system ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley
Sapitwa Peak → partOf → Great Rift Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Great Rift Valley