Great Rift Valley

American  

noun

1. a series of rift valleys running from N to S, from the Jordan Valley in SW Asia to Mozambique in SE Africa.

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Great Rift Valley British  

noun

1. 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

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 ● Nov. 3, 2025

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 ● Apr. 29, 2024

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 ● Apr. 15, 2024

Some believed the trend was tied to the complex geology and groundwater hydrology of the Great Rift Valley, a series of faults and ridges stretching 7000 kilometers from Lebanon across eastern Africa to Mozambique.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2023

We and our vermin all blossomed together out of the same humid soil in the Great Rift Valley, and so far no one is really winning.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver