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What is a rift valley?

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Rift valleys occur when continental plates are pulling apart from one another, for example the East African Rift Valley.

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What is the difference between a rift valley and the Great rift valley?
There is no difference. Just Rift Valley is shorter to say>
Where is the Rift Valley?
The Great Rift Valley is in Eastern Africa It surrounds lake Victoria
Why do we have rift valleys?
Rift valleys appear at divergent tectonic plate boundaries. It is thought to be a process of inner earth heat
How does a rift valley from?
A rift valley is formed by the depression of a block of the earth's crust between two faults or groups of faults, of approximately parallel orientation.
Where is rift valley?
AFRICA !!