East African Volcanic Province

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The East African Volcanic Province is a major tectonically active region in East Africa characterized by extensive volcanic activity associated with the East African Rift system.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
tectonically active region ⓘ
volcanic province ⓘ
associatedWith East African Rift System ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift
extendsAcross Djibouti ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
extendsInto Afar Depression ⓘ
linked to: Afar Triangle

Kenya Rift ⓘ
linked to: Kenya Rift Valley

Main Ethiopian Rift ⓘ
Western Branch of East African Rift ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasGeologicalProcess crustal extension ⓘ
rifting ⓘ
volcanism ⓘ
hasHazard ash fall ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
volcanic eruptions ⓘ
hasMagmaComposition basalt ⓘ
phonolite ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ
trachyte ⓘ
hasNotableVolcano Dabbahu ⓘ
Erta Ale ⓘ
Longonot ⓘ
Menengai ⓘ
Mount Elgon ⓘ
Mount Kenya ⓘ
Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ
Nyamuragira ⓘ
Nyiragongo ⓘ
Ol Doinyo Lengai ⓘ
Suswa ⓘ
hasOngoingActivity true ⓘ
hasVolcanicActivityType basaltic volcanism ⓘ
central vent eruptions ⓘ
fissure eruptions ⓘ
hasVolcanicLandform calderas ⓘ
cinder cones ⓘ
lava fields ⓘ
shield volcanoes ⓘ
stratovolcanoes ⓘ
heatFlow elevated ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
partOf East African Rift System ⓘ
linked to: East African Rift
relatedTo African Plate ⓘ
Nubian Plate ⓘ
linked to: African Plate

Somali Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting continental rift ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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Ol Doinyo Lengai → belongsTo → East African Volcanic Province ⓘ
Shetani lava flow → partOf → Great Rift Valley volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Shira volcanic cone → isWithin → Eastern Rift-related volcanic province ⓘ
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Central Island → volcanicField → Lake Turkana Rift volcanics ⓘ
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Menengai Crater → volcanicArcOrBelt → East African Rift volcanic system ⓘ
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Kilimanjaro volcanic complex → volcanicArcOrBelt → East African Rift volcanism ⓘ
linked to: East African Volcanic Province
Chyulu Hills aquifer → associatedWith → East African Rift volcanic systems ⓘ
linked to: East African Volcanic Province