| 单词 | great rift valley |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreat Rift Valley 2. spec. (usually in form Rift Valley; also Great Rift Valley) the extensive system of such valleys which runs southwards from the Jordan Valley through the Red Sea and much of eastern Africa, containing a number of major lakes. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > specific valley the Plains1886 rift valley1894 1894 J. W. Gregory in Geogr. Jrnl. 4 297 The high plateau of Laikipia..stretches northward from Ukikúyu between Kenya and the Doenyo lol Deika on the east, and Settima and the edge of the fault-scarp of the great rift-valley on the west. 1931 L. S. B. Leakey Stone Age Cultures Kenya Colony ii. 13 The prehistoric tribes..moved down to the Rift Valley areas during the pluvials. 1976 K. Thackeray Crownbird ii. 33 He found himself looking at the sides of the rift valley, recognizing different strata. 1999 Descent Oct.–Nov. 23/1 The Jordan Valley is..the northern continuation of Africa's Great Rift Valley, one of the world's most active faults. 2004 Sunday Times Trav. Feb.–Mar. 161/3 Birding's world-record 24-hour haul (342 different species) was set in Kenya—the Rift valley lakes are largely the reason. < as lemmas |
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