Great rift valley Sentence Examples

great rift valley

  • Lastly, between the basins of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans there is an area of inland drainage along the centre of the East African plateau, directed chiefly into the lakes in the great rift-valley.

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  • Youâll find the Great Lakes of Africa in the truly enormous Great Rift Valley of East Africa.

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  • Both branches formed on the western flanks of the East African Rift, which is on the southern half of the Great Rift Valley.

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  • The journey took us over barren high plateaux leading away from the Great Rift Valley toward the eastern Desert.

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