In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in the desert called the East African Rift. "It marked the start of a long process in which the ...

The East African Rift, stretching from Mozambique to the Red Sea, sets the stage for a new ocean. The African and Somali plates diverge at 0.8 cm annually, forming a 60-km-long rift in Ethiopia ...

A 35-mile-long fissure in Ethiopia’s desert emerged in 2005 ... Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley,' Macdonald said. Macdonald added that the new ...

Much of the Ethiopian landmass is part of the East African Rift Plateau. Ethiopia has a general elevation ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 meters above sea level. Interspersed on the landscape are ...

Addis Ababa is located just to the west of the East African Rift, which splits the country of Ethiopia into two parts. The surrounding area comprises the state of Oromia. Addis Ababa is famous in ...

At his feet basalt pillars plunge down to East Africa’s Great Rift Valley ... Small farms hug the slopes of the Great Rift Valley and cover much of the Ethiopian Highlands, fragmenting geladas ...

One of the most notable achievements was Ethiopia's accession to the BRICS+ group, joining Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. This move has enhanced the country's political and ...

The area falls within a geologically active region of the Great Rift ... great East African Rift Valley. Gemechu Bedassa Teferi, a researcher who studies the volcanoes of the Main Ethiopian ...

Some of the world's most spectacular but least-known volcanoes lie along the East African Rift, a wide crack in ... Kenya, and Ethiopia to the Gulf of Aden. Among the most active and deadly ...

Series exploring east Africa's Great Rift Valley. On the vast savannahs, grazers and predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing primates to develop social systems. Show more Visible from ...