great rift valley

1. 1.

   ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults

   Broaderrift valley

   Part ofAsiaAfrica

   geology

Questions about great rift valley

What does great rift valley mean?

great rift valley means "( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults".

Is great rift valley a common word?

great rift valley is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.