Western Rift Valley

Great Rift Valley also Rift Valley

A geologic depression of southwest Asia and eastern Africa extending from the Jordan River valley to Mozambique. The region is marked by a series of faults caused by volcanic action.

Great Rift Valley

(Placename) the most extensive rift in the earth's surface, extending from the Jordan valley in Syria to Mozambique; marked by a chain of steep-sided lakes, volcanoes, and escarpments

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Great Rift Valley - ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults

geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations

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Albert Belgian Congo capital of Kenya Danakil East Africa Edward Jordan Kisumu Lake Albert Lake Albert Nyanza Lake Edward Lake Tanganyika Mobuto Lake Mombasa Nairobi Nakuru Nyasa Republic of Kenya Republic of Uganda	Kenya's police chief suffered minor injuries Monday when a helicopter he was flying in crashed in the country's western Rift Valley region, a police spokesman said. Kenya police chief injured in chopper crash by AFP / AFP Global Edition Frazer said the violence she saw during a visit this month to the western Rift Valley pitted the Kalenjin, who support Odinga, against Kikuyus. Talks delayed after Kenyan MP shot dead by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk The dense vegetation and rain forests of the Western Rift Valley begin in Zaire and stretch to the Atlantic Ocean. The 'wetter' side of hominids by Bower, Bruce / Science News	western kingbird western ladies' tresses western larch western lowland gorilla Western Malayo-Polynesian western meadowlark Western mountain ash western mugwort western narrow-mouthed toad Western Ocean western omelet Western paper birch Western pasqueflower western pipistrel western poison oak western poppy western prince's pine Western Province western ragweed Western rattlesnake western red cedar western red-backed salamander western redbud Western Reserve Western ribbon snake Western Rift Valley western roll Western Roman Empire western saddle Western Sahara Western Samoa Western Samoan monetary unit Western sand cherry western sandwich western saxifrage Western Shoshone Western silvery aster western skink western spadefoot western swing western tamarack western tanager western toad western United States Western Wall western wall flower western wheatgrass western whiptail western white pine western wood pewee western yellow pine	Western Reserve Knitting Guild Western Reserve Land Conservancy Western Reserve Masonic Community Western Reserve MedTec Services Western Reserve Mortgage Corporation Western Reserve Motorcycle Club Western Reserve Racquet & Fitness Club Western Reserve Realty Group Western Reserve Rowing Association Western Reserve Rowing Foundation Western Reserve Systems Group, LLC Western Reserve Transit Authority Western Reserve University Western Reserve University Western Residents Against Toxic Dump Western Resources Student Interest Group Western Retail Lumber Association Western Returned Scholars Association Western Returned Scholars Association Chamber of Commerce Western Rhodopes Western Rhodopes Western ribbon snake Western Riders Association of Sweden Western Riders Club Stockholm Western Riding Haus Klostern Western Rifle Shooters Association Western Rift Valley Western Risk and Insurance Association Western Rite Orthodoxy Western Rivers Area Maritime Security Western Rivers Conservancy Western Riverside Council of Governments Western Riverside County Agriculture Coalition Western Riverside County Clean Cities Coalition Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority Western Riverside Environmental Fund Western Riverside Waste Authority Western Rockingham Chamber of Commerce Western Rockingham Home Educators Western Rocky Mountain Council Western Rocky Mountains Western Rocky Mountains Western Role Playing Games western roll Western Roman Emperor Western Roman Emperors Western Roman Empire Western Roman Empire Western Roman Empire Western Roots Artistic Directors Western Roscoelite Zone Western Route Export Pipeline Western Ruiter Associatie Nederland Western Rumanian Mountains

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Albert
Belgian Congo
capital of Kenya
Danakil
East Africa
Edward
Jordan
Kisumu
Lake Albert
Lake Albert Nyanza
Lake Edward
Lake Tanganyika
Mobuto Lake
Mombasa
Nairobi
Nakuru
Nyasa
Republic of Kenya
Republic of Uganda

Kenya's police chief suffered minor injuries Monday when a helicopter he was flying in crashed in the country's western Rift Valley region, a police spokesman said.

Kenya police chief injured in chopper crash by AFP / AFP Global Edition

Frazer said the violence she saw during a visit this month to the western Rift Valley pitted the Kalenjin, who support Odinga, against Kikuyus.

Talks delayed after Kenyan MP shot dead by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

The dense vegetation and rain forests of the Western Rift Valley begin in Zaire and stretch to the Atlantic Ocean.

The 'wetter' side of hominids by Bower, Bruce / Science News

western kingbird

western ladies' tresses

western larch

western lowland gorilla

Western Malayo-Polynesian

western meadowlark

Western mountain ash