Great Rift

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. a group of large dark clouds in the Milky Way between the constellations Cygnus and Sagittarius.

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Example Sentences

Fourteen schoolchildren were among the dozens of Kenyans killed when two mudslides struck the Great Rift Valley area, according to the country's education ministry.

From BBC

The collapse of the Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region that is prone to flash floods, sent water spilling downstream, carrying with it mud, rocks and uprooted trees, a police official, Stephen Kirui, said.

From New York Times

The Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region that is prone to flash floods, collapsed and water spilled downstream, police official Stephen Kirui told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times

Coffee plants have long been thought to have developed in Ethiopia, but varieties that the team collected around the Great Rift Valley, which stretches from Southeast Africa to Asia, displayed a clear geographic split.

From Science Daily

The town of Kampi Ya Samaki was once a bustling fishing and tourism center on the shores of Lake Baringo, one of a chain of major lakes nestled in the Great Rift Valley of western Kenya.

From Science Magazine