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