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The Ethiopian Rift Valley is part of the Afro- Arabian
Rift system, bounded by the Arabian plate to the north,
African plate to the west, and East African plate to the east.
It is a system of down faulted troughs starting from the
Jordan- Dead Sea Rift, the Red sea, and the Gulf of Aden, and
continues southwards through East Africa Rift up to
Mozambique. This feature of the earth's crust extends
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The Rift Valley is a geological relic of the critical weakening in
the earth's crust along two roughly parallel faults which opened
some 2 million years ago the world's largest geological divide.
The Ethiopian Rift Valley offers eight spectacular chains of lakes.
These lakes formed during the period of high rainfall in the
quaternary era when much of the world near the poles was covered in
ice. During this time the northern four lakes Ziway, Langano,
Abyjata and Shalla were one and the southern two Abaya and Chamo
were one. As the earth's climate warmed in comparatively recent
geological times the rift valley lakes receded leaving extensive
deposits of sedimentary rocks. The Ethiopian Rift Valley offers
eight spectacular chain of lakes. These lakes formed during the
period of high rainfall in the quaternary era when much of the world
near the poles was covered in ice.
During this time the northern four lakes; Ziway, Langano, Abyjata
and Shalla were one and the southern two Abaya and Chamo were one.
As the earth's climate warmed in comparatively recent geological
times the rift valley lakes receded leaving extensive deposits of
sedimentary rocks.
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