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RIFT VALLEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("rift valley" is a kind of...):
vale; valley (a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river)
Instance hyponyms:
Great Rift Valley (( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults)
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