The east african rift valleys are good examples of what type of plate boundary?
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divergent divergent plate boundary
Great Rift Valley
The east african rift valleys are good examples of what type of plate boundary?
Rift valley Great Rift Valley East African Rift Divergent boundary List of tectonic plate interactions Great Rift Valley, Kenya Jordan Rift Valley Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia Red Sea Rift Mid-Atlantic Ridge
A <b>rift valley</b> is a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain 
ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. A <b>rift valley</b> is formed on a 
divergent <b>plate boundary</b>, a crustal extension or ... One of the <b>best</b> known 
<b>examples</b> of this process is <b>the East African</b> Rift. On Earth, rifts can occur at all 
elevations,&nbsp;... Today, the term is most often used to refer to the <b>valley</b> of <b>the East African Rift</b>, the 
divergent <b>plate boundary</b> which extends from the Afar Triple Junction&nbsp;... <b>The East African</b> Rift (EAR) or <b>East African</b> Rift System (EARS) is an active 
continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR began developing around the onset 
of the Miocene, 22–25 million years ago. In the past it was considered to be part 
of a larger <b>Great Rift Valley</b> that ... The rift, a narrow zone, is a developing 
divergent tectonic <b>plate boundary</b>&nbsp;... In <b>plate tectonics</b>, a divergent boundary or divergent <b>plate boundary</b> is a linear 
feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each 
other. Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts, which 
eventually become <b>rift valleys</b>. ... lithosphere by <b>rift valleys</b> such as the famous 
<b>East African Great Rift Valley</b>. Tectonic <b>plate</b> interactions are of three different basic <b>types</b>: Divergent 
<b>boundaries</b> are areas where <b>plates</b> move away from each other, forming either 
mid-oceanic ridges or <b>rift valleys</b>. ... <b>The East African</b> Rift (<b>Great Rift Valley</b>) in 
eastern Africa; The Mid-Atlantic Ridge system separates the North American 
<b>Plate</b> and South&nbsp;... The <b>Great Rift Valley</b> is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through 
Kenya from north to south. It is part of the Gregory Rift, the eastern branch of <b>the</b> 
<b>East African</b> Rift, which ... Dome&quot; a geographical upwelling created by the 
interactions of three major <b>tectonics</b>: the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian <b>plates</b>. 
In the&nbsp;... The Jordan <b>Rift Valley</b>, often just Jordan Valley also called the Syro-<b>African</b> 
Depression, is an ... Northern section of the <b>Great Rift Valley</b>. ... The boundary 
separates the Arabian Plate from the <b>African</b> Plate, connecting the divergent <b>plate</b> 
<b>boundary</b> in the Red Sea (the Red Sea Rift) to <b>the East</b> Anatolian Fault in Turkey. The <b>Great Rift Valley</b> of Ethiopia is a branch of <b>the East African</b> Rift that runs 
through Ethiopia in ... The rift developed as the Nubian and Somali <b>plates</b> began 
to separate during the ... in the central Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa, <b>Tectonics</b>, 
30, TC4010, doi:10.1029/2010TC002833; ^ School of Earth and Environment. The Red Sea <b>Rift</b> is a spreading center between two tectonic <b>plates</b>, the <b>African</b> 
<b>Plate</b> and the Arabian <b>Plate</b>. It extends from the Dead Sea Transform fault system
&nbsp;... The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a mid-ocean ridge, a divergent or constructive 
<b>plate boundary</b> located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, and part of the 
longest mountain range in the world. In the North Atlantic, it separates the 
Eurasian and North American plates, and in the South Atlantic, it separates the 
<b>African</b> ... The Mid-Atlantic Ridge includes a deep <b>rift valley</b> that runs along the 
axis of&nbsp;...
divergent
East African Rift