rift valley
rift valley noun: a graben structure between two tectonic plates which are opening relative to each other.
Noun
rift valley (plural rift valleys)
Proper noun capitalized: Rift Valley
Rift Valley
- The Great Rift Valley, of East Africa.
- At lunch time, after a morning of heavy slogging, the train reaches Uplands, and suddenly, the Rift Valley is spread at your feet.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
rift valley meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
rift valley in Tamil
- பிளவுப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு, நீள் பிளவுப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு, பிளவுப் பெயர்ச்சி பள்ளத்தாக்கு
rift valley in Malayalam
- ഭ്രംശതാഴ്വര
Forms of rift valley
| plural | rift valleys |
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Words formed from rift valley
Questions about rift valley
- What does rift valley mean?
- Rift valley means a graben structure between two tectonic plates which are opening relative to each other.
- What is rift valley in Tamil?
- Rift valley in Tamil is பிளவுப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு, நீள் பிளவுப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு, பிளவுப் பெயர்ச்சி பள்ளத்தாக்கு. See Rift valley meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rift valley?
- Rift valley can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of rift valley?
- The plural of rift valley is rift valleys.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rift valley (page history and authors); Rift Valley (page history and authors); rift valley (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rift valley (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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