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RIFT VALLEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rift valley mean?
• RIFT VALLEY (noun)
The noun RIFT VALLEY has 1 sense:
1. a valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust
Familiarity information: RIFT VALLEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("rift valley" is a kind of...):
vale; valley (a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river)
Instance hyponyms:
Great Rift Valley (( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults)
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