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Great African Rift Valley
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Great African Rift Valley
6,000 Kilometers from the red sea
- formed during the last 20 million years
- Hotspot is causing African plate to split
- formed during the last 20 million years
crust sinking between the normal fault forming a Graben
- 153 m below sea level
- fault lines marked by high escarpments
magma is forced to surface and erupts in some places forming volcanoes Eg mount Kilimanjaro
has a width of 40-100 km widening at 4mm per year
many lakes have formed
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- Fifth year English Mind Map on Great African Rift Valley, created by isabella patton on 23/11/2016.
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- isabella patton · Nov 2016
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- Nov 24, 2016
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