tectonic basins and rift valleys

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Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game Preserve, central Kenya. Beisa oryxes graze in the foreground.

Lake Tanganyika, in the centre of the East African Rift System. As the Nubian and Somalian plates continue to diverge from one another, the depth of Lake Tanganyika increases.

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Discover how the Midcontinent Rift helped form the magical and spectacular Lake Superior

Discover how the Midcontinent Rift helped form the magical and spectacular Lake Superior

How the billion-year-old Midcontinent Rift helped form Lake Superior.

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Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game Preserve, central Kenya. Beisa oryxes graze in the foreground.

Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game...

© Brian A. Vikander/West Light

Lake Tanganyika, in the centre of the East African Rift System. As the Nubian and Somalian plates continue to diverge from one another, the depth of Lake Tanganyika increases.

Lake Tanganyika, in the centre of the East African Rift System. As the Nubian and...

Kay Honkanen/Ostman Agency

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