The East African Rift (EAR) or East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR began developing around the onset of the Miocene, 22–25 million years ago. [1] It was formerly considered to be part of a larger …

The two EAR branches are often grouped with the Ethiopian Rift to form the East Africa Rift System (EARS). The complete rift system therefore extends 1000's of kilometers in Africa alone and several 1000 more if we include the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden as extensions.

East African Rift System, one of the most extensive rifts on Earth’s surface, extending from Jordan in southwestern Asia southward through eastern Africa to Mozambique. The system is some 4,000 miles (6,400 km) long and averages 30–40 miles (48–64 km) wide.

Oct 1, 2005 · The East African rift system is a series of several thousand kilometers long aligned successions of adjacent individual tectonic basins (rift valleys), separated from each other by relative shoals and generally bordered by uplifted shoulders.

Sep 9, 2023 · The active continental rift zone known as the East African Rift, or more accurately, the East African Rift System, descends the better part of the eponymous region for thousands of miles.

In East Africa, there are two main plates: the African (or Nubian) Plate, and the Arabian Plate, which are separated by a divergent plate boundary. These plates began to move apart a long time ago, forming a large rift valley between East Africa and the Arabian peninsula.

Jan 1, 2014 · The East African Rift System is one of the most outstanding and significant rift systems on Earth and transects the high-elevation Ethiopian and East African plateaux.

Feb 2, 2025 · The East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone that stretches for approximately 3,000 kilometers across East Africa, from the Afar triple junction in the north to Mozambique in the south.

The East African Rift System (EARS) is the iconic continental rift and is now recognized as a profoundly interconnected system, extending from the core-mantle boundary to Earth's surface.

The most distinctive and dramatic geological feature in Africa is undoubtedly the East African rift system. The rift opened up in the Tertiary period, approximately 65 million years ago, shortly after the dinosaurs became extinct.