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Rift-Valley — (engl. für „Grabenbruch“) bezeichnet: den Großen Afrikanischen Grabenbruch eine Provinz in Kenia, siehe Rift Valley (Kenia) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rift Valley — (engl. für „Grabenbruch“) bezeichnet: den Großen Afrikanischen Grabenbruch eine Provinz in Kenia, siehe Rift Valley (Kenia) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rift Valley — (la) ou Rift (le) suite de dépressions de l Afrique de l Est, jalonnant une faille qui s allonge de la vallée du Jourdain au Malawi; la Rift Valley est occupée par des plaines étroites et de nombreux lacs (V. Grands Lacs). De nombreuses… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Rift Valley — GREAT RIFT VALLEY … English World dictionary
rift-valley — see rift n.2 4 … Useful english dictionary
rift valley — rift .valley n a valley with very steep sides, formed by the cracking and moving of the Earth s surface … Dictionary of contemporary English
rift valley — rift ,valley noun count a valley with steep sides, produced when the land between two parallel cracks in the ground sinks … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Rift valley — A rift valley is a linear shaped lowland between highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. This action is manifest as crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface which is subsequently further deepened … Wikipedia
rift valley — Geol. 1. graben. 2. a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwellings that accompany seafloor spreading. [1890 95] * * * Elongated trough formed by the subsidence of a segment of the Earth s crust… … Universalium
rift valley — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rift valley : singular rift valley plural rift valleys a valley with steep sides, produced when the land between two parallel cracks in the ground sinks … English dictionary
