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FOODON
FoodOn (FOODON)
OWL
Last submission date April 11, 2024
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000556
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000556
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East Africa

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east africa

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A vast geographical and geological feature, approximately 6,000 km in length, which runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in East Africa. Caused by the geological process of rifting, it is a complex feature where several plates of the earth's crust join. The rift valley varies in width from thirty to one hundred km, and in depth from a few hundred to several thousand meters.

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