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Geological map of British East Africa (Kenya) showing the locations of Lamu Island, Witu, Mombasa,... [+] Lake Baringo and Mount Kenya, all visited by Gregory in 1892 and 1893, plus an outline of ...
A deep, wide gash has slashed across the Great Rift Valley floor in a geologically hot part of Kenya. Some wonder if East Africa will eventually separate from the continent. Sponsor Message STEVE ...
A giant crack in the heart of the Great Rift Valley Since 2005, the Great Rift Valley region, at the junction of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, has been undergoing a dramatic transformation.
The fissure appears in the East African Rift, a part of East Africa's Great Rift Valley, which runs south from Jordan to Mozambique. National Geographic explains that a rift valley is a lowland ...
The huge changes in the Earth's crust that influenced human evolution are being redefined, according to new research. The Great Rift Valley of East Africa -- the birthplace of the human species ...
The trio is located in Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley, around 125 miles (200 kilometers) south of the country's capital, Addis Ababa. Related: 12 amazing images of Earth from space ...
UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley , a natural property of outstanding beauty, comprises three inter-linked relatively shallow lakes (Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru ...
The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will eventually break apart altogether - with one US academic now theorising this ...
Heavy rains have opened up a giant chasm in Kenya, leading to predictions that the African continent will split into two. The crack in the Great Rift Valley, which appeared mid-March, measures ...
In today’s Academic Minute, Michigan State University's Michael Gottfried discusses advances in our understanding of Africa’s Great Rift Valley and the implications for the study of human evolution.