English: Map of the Great Rift Valley. English version. The background map and the locator map are raster images embeded into the SVG file. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Use our interactive map above to explore the Great Rift Valley's location, major features, and attractions. The filtering options allow you to focus on specific aspects of this remarkable geological feature, from the northern reaches in Ethiopia to the southern terminus in Mozambique.
Where is the Great Rift Valley Located on a Map of Africa?
Feature on AfricaQuest, an Internet class accompanying a real-life bike trip through the Great Rift Valley in October-November 1998. Illustrations (color, map).
The Great Rift Valley is one of Earth’s most prominent geological features. It is not a single, continuous valley but rather a complex system of interconnected rifts, faults, and geographic depressions that span approximately 6,000 to 7,000 kilometers (3,700 to 4,300 miles).
The Great Rift Valley is mainly in Africa. This is not one simple valley, but a group of related geological structures in East Africa with extensions that reach as far as Syria and Yemen.
An overview of Africa's Great Rift Valley, its landforms, bodies of water, and how it was formed for geography students.
Explore the Great Rift Valley in Africa, a vast region of lakes, volcanoes, wildlife, and dramatic landscapes shaped by ancient tectonic forces.
The Great Rift Valley is a geographical and geological feature running north to south for around 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers), from northern Syria to central Mozambique in East Africa. Astronauts say it is the most significant physical detail on the planet that is visible from space.
South African photographer Shem Compion remembers precisely when his love affair with the Great Rift Valley began. In 2002, in his twenties and in search of adventure, Compion saved what he could, ...
The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately 6,000 kilometres in length that runs from ...
insider.si.edu: Adventure in Africa : a virtual tour of the Great Rift Valley / Lawrence H. Robbins
Adventure in Africa : a virtual tour of the Great Rift Valley / Lawrence H. Robbins
A BBC/Animal Planet co-production, the three-part series focuses on the landscape and wildlife of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa.