There is no difference. Just Rift Valley is shorter to say>
No, it's a valley that extends from Syria to Mozambique.
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The Great Rift Valley was formed by plate tectonics.
The Great Rift Valley was caused by the edges of two tectonic plates, not by a river. There are rivers in it, though, notably the River Jordan, in the north, which flows into the Sea of Galilee and...