Meanings
rift valley1
nounrift valley (plural rift valleys)
plural rift valleys
- geographyA graben structure between two tectonic plates which are opening relative to each other.
- geographyA mid-oceanic ridge system with central valleys.
Rift Valley2
proper noun
- The Great Rift Valley, of East Africa.
At lunch time, after a morning of heavy slogging, the train reaches Uplands, and suddenly, the Rift Valley is spread at your feet.
1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Afrikaans skeurvallei
- skeurvalleigraben
Italian fossa tettonica
- fossa tettonicagraben
Norwegian Bokmål riftdal
- riftdalgraben
Polish dolina ryftowa
- dolina ryftowagraben
Russian рифтовая долина
- рифтовая долина (riftovaja dolina)graben
Swahili bonde la ufa
- bonde la ufagraben
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APA
rift valley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rift%20valley
MLA
“rift valley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rift%20valley. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rift valley,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rift%20valley.
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