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

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

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• Lake MweruNarrower topic: Lake Mweru occupies a basin associated with the western branch of this rift system.

• Mount NyiragongoNarrower topic: Nyiragongo’s setting is part of this broad zone of crustal extension.

• MenengaiNarrower topic: Rifting created the tectonic setting for Menengai’s volcanism.