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Definition of Great Rift Valley
1. Noun. ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Rift Valley
Literary usage of Great Rift Valley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Uganda for a Holiday by Frederick Treves (1910)
"CHAPTER XVI THE Great Rift Valley BEYOND Kikuyu the way is through an enchanting
forest, more wonderful and more beautiful than any alley of green the train ..."
2. The Foundation of British East Africa by John Walter Gregory (1901)
"The lava plains are abruptly terminated by the Great Rift Valley, the most
remarkable feature ... The eastern, known as the Erythrean, or Great Rift Valley, ..."
3. Kenya by Eva Ambros (1999)
"SUDAN ETHIOPIA TANZANIA The massive Great Rift Valley is a fault running on a
... LAKES IN THE Great Rift Valley LAKE NAIVASHA LAKE ELMENTEITA LAKE NAKURU ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"Those of the escarpment region and the great rift valley are specially interesting.
(1) Tanga, German East Africa; (2) Principal street in ..."
5. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"Pacific type, in which the mountains and the trend of the 1 The term "rift valley,"
which was proposed in The Great Rift Valley (1896, pp. ..."
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