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Brewer's: Rift in the Lute
(A). A small defect which mars the general result. Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. It is the little rift within the lute That by-and-by will make the music mute, And eyer…rift valley
(Encyclopedia) rift valley, elongated depression, trough, or graben in the earth's crust, bounded on both sides by normal faults and occurring on the continents or under the oceans. The central flat…Great Rift Valley
(Encyclopedia) Great Rift Valley, geological fault system of SW Asia and E Africa. It extends c.3,000 mi (4,830 km) from N Syria to central Mozambique. The northernmost extension runs S through Syria…Ethiopian Highlands
(Encyclopedia) Ethiopian Highlands, rugged plateau region of E Africa, covering about two thirds of Ethiopia. It is divided into two massifs by the Great Rift Valley; the Amhara, or Ethiopian Plateau…Tharp, Marie
(Encyclopedia) Tharp, Marie, 1920–2006, American oceanographer and cartographer, grad. Univ. of Michigan (M.A. 1944). A geologist with experience in mapping, she came to Columbia Univ. as a geology…Torrens, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Torrens, Lake, shallow salt lake, 2,230 sq mi (5,776 sq km), central South Australia state, Australia. In a rift valley, it is 120 mi (193 km) long and is Australia's second largest…Danakil
(Encyclopedia) Danakil, desert region, NE Ethiopia and neighboring portions of Djibouti and Eritrea, c.350 mi (560 km) long and 50–250 mi (80–400 km) wide, between the gulfs of Zula and Tadjoura. It…Natron, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Natron, LakeNatron, Lakenāˈtrən [key], c.35 mi (60 km) long and 15 mi (20 km) wide, in the Great Rift Valley, E Africa, on the Kenya-Tanzania border. It has soda, salt, and magnesite…Rift Valley fever
(Encyclopedia) Rift Valley fever, acute viral disease that affects domestic livestock and can be transmitted to humans. The disease is most common in E and S Africa, but also occurs widely in sub-…Dessie
(Encyclopedia) Dessie,&sp;Dessye, or Dese Dessie, all: dĕsˈyā [key], town, capital of…Trending
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