Sentences with phrase «rift valley floor»

May 14, 2018 • A deep, wide gash has slashed across the Great Rift Valley floor in a geologically hot part of Kenya.

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Workers progressed across the 29 - mile Rift through volcanic rock and over steam vents on the valley floor, and then descended from a summit of over 8,000 feet to Lake Victoria in the valley below — a feat requiring 11,845 running feet of viaducts, some up to 881 feet long and more than 110 feet above the earth.

You will recall that hydrothermal vents are plumes of hot water that spew from rocks and cracks along the ocean floor, especially in regions of sea - floor spreading, such as oceanic ridges and rift valleys.

These lakes are found on the floor of the Great Rift Valley where major tectonic and / or volcanic events have shaped a distinctive landscape.

Africa is rife with luxury safari experiences, but Angama, with its 1,076 - square - foot suites entered through a butler's vestibule, glass - walled 180 - degree forever views over the Great Rift Valley, parquet floors, John Vogel furnishings and décor inspired by Maasai colors, textures and patterns, rises above the fray.

On the floor of the Great Rift Valley, surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland, lies the beautiful Lake Nakuru National Park, a bird watcher's paradise.

Located high above the floor of Africa's Great Rift Valley, Angama Mara overlooks Kenya's Maasai Mara, considered by many as the loveliest game reserve on the continent.