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The 56 pages that link to East African Rift, each with the reason it gives.

• Plate tectonicsRelated: A spreading boundary caught in its opening act, on land where it can be watched.

• GondwanaRelated: It illustrates the kind of rifting that can eventually divide a continent.

• Seafloor spreadingBroader topic: Shows the continental break-up stage that precedes new seafloor spreading.

• HomininRelated: Its exposures have yielded a large share of the evidence for early hominins.

• Continental riftingBroader topic: It is a major present-day example of continental extension.

• African PlateBroader topic: Rifting within the plate may eventually divide its eastern portion from the rest.

• Wilson cycleBroader topic: The cycle's opening stage happening now, watched in real time.

• Ethiopian HighlandsNarrower topic: The Ethiopian Rift belongs to this broader continental structure.

• Lake VictoriaRelated: Lake Victoria occupies a shallow basin between branches of the rift.

• Normal faultRelated: Its fault systems illustrate active normal faulting during continental breakup.

• Tectonic upliftBroader topic: Rifting and mantle processes have raised shoulders and volcanic highlands around the rift.

• AustralopithecusRelated: Its fossil-rich deposits preserve several key Australopithecus species.

• Lake TanganyikaNarrower topic: Tanganyika occupies a deep basin formed within this continental rift system.

• Rift valleyBroader topic: Its valleys and escarpments are prominent examples of continental rifting.

• NeogeneRelated: Its Neogene landscapes preserve a rich record of hominin evolution.

• Tectonic plateBroader topic: It shows how a continent can begin splitting into separate plates.

• Atlas MountainsCompared with: The rift’s extension contrasts with the compression associated with Atlas uplift.

• Great Rift ValleyBroader topic: It is the best-developed active sector of the Great Rift Valley.

• Marie TharpRelated: Its land valleys gave Tharp the analogy that first made the ridge valley plausible to her.

• Divergent boundaryBroader topic: It illustrates active divergence within a continent.

• Louis LeakeyNarrower topic: Its exposed sedimentary deposits made the region a major setting for the kind of field research Leakey promoted.

• East AfricaRelated: Its geological boundary is distinct from the political region’s shifting limits.

• Dead Sea TransformRelated: Together with the Red Sea Rift, it forms the broader rift system linked to the transform’s southern end.

• Lake KivuNarrower topic: The broader rift system provides the geological setting for Kivu’s deep basin.

• Albertine RiftNarrower topic: The Albertine Rift forms the western branch of this larger rift system.

• Afar DepressionRelated: Its northern branch meets the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden rifts in Afar.

• Lake MalawiNarrower topic: Lake Malawi occupies one of the rift’s deepest basins.

• Koobi ForaNarrower topic: Rifting helped form the basin and sedimentary settings that preserve Koobi Fora's record.

• Human–chimpanzee last common ancestorRelated: Geographic hypotheses about early hominin evolution often invoke this region, though the ancestor's location is unresolved.

• Mount KilimanjaroRelated: Rifting and associated magmatism shaped the tectonic setting around Kilimanjaro.

• Naked mole-ratBroader topic: Its range lies in arid regions of East Africa, including parts of the Rift region.

• ParanthropusRelated: Several key Paranthropus fossils come from deposits along this rift.

• Continental riftBroader topic: It shows ongoing extension within a continent before complete ocean-basin formation.

• Lake TurkanaNarrower topic: Rifting created the basin that holds Lake Turkana.

• MalawiNarrower topic: Its tectonic history shaped Lake Malawi and the country’s dramatic escarpments.

• Mountain rangeRelated: Rifting can create highlands and volcanic ranges without continental collision.

• Ring of FireCompared with: Extensional continental volcanism with none of the ring's explosivity.

• Somali PlateBroader topic: This rift marks the boundary where the Somali Plate separates from the Nubian Plate.

• West Antarctic Rift SystemCompared with: It offers a comparatively accessible example of active continental rifting.

• Afar RegionRelated: Its branches help explain the region’s active faulting and volcanic landscape.

• Afar Triple JunctionRelated: Its southern branch extends the junction’s divergence into eastern Africa.

• Australopithecus anamensisRelated: Rift basins exposed and preserved many of the fossils used to study the species.

• GomaNarrower topic: Rift-related volcanism and earthquakes shape the geological hazards around Goma.

• African Great LakesNarrower topic: Its tectonic branches contain several of the region’s largest lakes.

• Rift lakeBroader topic: It contains many of the best-known rift lakes, including Tanganyika and Malawi.

• Lake AssalNarrower topic: Lake Assal lies in a region shaped by the rift system’s tectonic extension.

• Lualaba RiverRelated: Rift-related topography shapes nearby lakes and influences regional drainage.

• Paranthropus aethiopicusNarrower topic: Rift basins preserved the sediments and fossils used to reconstruct this species’ setting.

• Rwenzori MountainsNarrower topic: The range belongs to the rift’s western branch, a setting distinct from its eastern volcanic highlands.

• Mount StanleyNarrower topic: Rift-related forces shaped the region around the Rwenzori.