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Afar Triple Junction and Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia

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Difference between Afar Triple Junction and Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Afar Triple Junction vs. Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia

The Afar Triple Junction (also called the Afro-Arabian Rift System) is located along a divergent plate boundary dividing the Nubian, Somalian, and Arabian plates. The Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia, (or Main Ethiopian Rift or Ethiopian Rift Valley) is a branch of the East African Rift that runs through Ethiopia in a southwest direction from the Afar Triple Junction.

Similarities between Afar Triple Junction and Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Afar Triple Junction and Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): African Plate, East African Rift, Ethiopia, Mid-ocean ridge, Mozambique, Rift, Somali Plate.

African Plate

The African Plate is a major tectonic plate straddling the equator as well as the prime meridian.

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East African Rift

The East African Rift (EAR) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, yeʾĪtiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk), is a country located in the Horn of Africa.

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Mid-ocean ridge

A mid-ocean ridge (MOR) is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics.

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Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique) is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest.

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Rift

In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics.

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Somali Plate

The Somali Plate, or Somalian Plate, is a minor tectonic plate, which straddles the equator in the eastern hemisphere.

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Afar Triple Junction and Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia Comparison

Afar Triple Junction has 54 relations, while Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia has 24. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 8.97% = 7 / (54 + 24).

References

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