rift valley in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Several maar lakes exist in the rift valley adjacent to the volcano.
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Again, the floor of the rift valley is quite flat here providing a marked contrast to the escarpment.
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Over millions of years, the rift valley was faulted, tilted, and eroded, until the edges of the hard flood basalt layers formed ridges.
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Rivers on that side therefore carry sediment away from the rift valley.
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There are known kimberlite pipes within the rift valley that are considered to be diamondiferous.
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As the rift valley sank, the deposits were overlaid by sediment, which turned to rock under pressure.
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Raised coral reefs along the east coast and the frequent occurrences of earthquakes in the rift valley indicate that the fault block is still rising.
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There have been recent earthquakes along the rift valley, the most recent being in 2000.
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There are at least 20 hot springs, characteristic of a rift valley, in the valley or on its escarpments.
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There are some hot springs characteristics of a rift valley to the east.
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