Great Rift Valley, Kenya
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The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental system of topographic depressions that runs through Kenya from north to south. It is part of the Gregory Rift, the eastern branch of the East Afri
Lake Bogoria, one of the main lakes in the Great Rift Valley.
Lake Bogoria
Mount Longonot
View of Uganda from Cherubei Village, Kenya
East African Rift
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The East African Rift or East African Rift System is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR began developing around the onset of the Miocene, 22–25 million years ago. It is considered
Great Rift Valley, Kenya
…intra-continental system of topographic depressions that runs through Kenya from north to south. It is part of the Gregory Rift, the eastern branch of the East African Rift, which starts in Tanzania to the south and continues northward into Ethiopia. It was formed on the "Kenyan Dome", a geographical upwelling created by…
An artificial rendering of the Albertine Rift, which forms the western branch of the East African Rift. Visible features include (from background to foreground): Lake Albert, the Rwenzori Mountains, Lake Edward, the volcanic Virunga Mountains, Lake Kivu, and the northern part of Lake Tanganyika