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GREAT RIFT VALLEY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faultsplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

rift valley (a valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Holonyms ("Great Rift Valley" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

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