English Explanatory Dictionary

Gregory Rift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Tthe eastern branch of the East African Rift fracture system, caused by the separation of the Somali plate from the Nubian plate.

Word forms

Gregory Rift

Etymology

Named after British geologist John Walter Gregory (1864–1932), who explored the geology of the rift.

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