Great Rift — Astron. a group of large dark clouds in the Milky Way between the constellations Cygnus and Sagittarius. * * * ▪ astronomy in astronomy, a complex of dark nebulae that seems to divide the bright clouds of the Milky Way Galaxy lengthwise… … Universalium
Great Rift Valley — Great Rift Val|ley the Great Rift Valley a very deep, wide valley which is 3000 miles long and runs across most of East Africa and into southwest Asia … Dictionary of contemporary English
Great Rift Valley — Great′ Rift′ Val′ley n. geg a series of rift valleys running from the Jordan Valley in SW Asia to Mozambique in SE Africa … From formal English to slang
Great Rift Valley — depression of SW Asia & E Africa, extending from the Jordan River valley across Ethiopia & Somalia to the lakes region of E Africa … English World dictionary
Great Rift Valley — The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by English explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trough, approximately convert|6000|km|mi| 2|lk=on in length, that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to… … Wikipedia
Great Rift (astronomy) — The Milky Way near Cygnus showing the dark lane of the Great Rift. In astronomy, the Great Rift (sometimes called the Dark Rift or, less commonly, Dark River) is a series of overlapping, non luminous, molecular dust clouds that are located… … Wikipedia
Great Rift Valley — Verlauf des Großen Afrikanischen Grabenbruchs Der Große Afrikanische Grabenbruch (engl. Great Rift Valley) ist ein gewaltiges geographisches und geologisches Naturdenkmal Ostafrikas und Südwestasiens, hervorgerufen durch das Rifting und die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Great Rift Valley — Vallée du grand rift Schéma structural simplifié du rift est africain … Wikipédia en Français
Great Rift Valley — a series of rift valleys running from N to S, from the Jordan Valley in SW Asia to Mozambique in SE Africa. * * * or Rift Valley or East African Rift System Rift system (see rift valley), extending from Jordan in the Middle East south to… … Universalium
Great Rift Valley — noun the largest rift in the earth s surface, extending 4800 km from Syria to Mozambique; averages 56 km in width …
