RIFT VALLEY

Meaning of RIFT VALLEY in English

noun

a valley with steep sides formed when two parallel cracks develop in the earth's surface and the land between them sinks

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

RIFT VALLEY — geographical name Great ~
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RIFT VALLEY — Elongated trough formed by the subsidence of a segment of the Earth's crust between dip-slip, or normal, fault s. Rift …
Английский словарь Британика
RIFT VALLEY — noun Etymology: rift (I) : an elongated valley formed by the depression of a block of the earth's crust between …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIFT VALLEY — Geol. 1. graben. 2. a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwellings …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIFT VALLEY — : Great Rift Valley
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIFT VALLEY — Date: 1894 : an elongated valley formed by the depression of a block of the earth's crust between two faults …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIFT VALLEY — Function: noun Date: 1894 : an elongated valley formed by the depression of a block of the earth's crust between …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RIFT VALLEY — v. Function: geographical name GREAT RIFT VALLEY
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RIFT VALLEY — ■ noun a steep-sided valley formed by subsidence of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults.
Concise Oxford English vocab
RIFT VALLEY — [rift valley] n (1894): an elongated valley formed by the depression of a block of the earth's crust between two …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIFT VALLEY — any elongated trough formed by the subsidence of a segment of the Earth's crust between dip-slip, or normal, faults. Such …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIFT VALLEY — ( (Africa), ) also called Eastern Rift Valley, or Great Rift System, major branch of the East African Rift System …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIFT VALLEY — ˈrift ˌvalley BrE AmE noun [countable] a valley with very steep sides, formed by the cracking and moving of the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIFT VALLEY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Further evidence contradicting the traditional symmetric rift valley model comes from observations of their morphology …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIFT VALLEY — Elongated trough formed by the subsidence of a segment of the Earth's crust between dip-slip, or normal, fault s. Rift …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIFT VALLEY — долина с крутыми склонами, образовавшаяся вследствие оседания грунта (геология) рифтовая долина; долина провала
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIFT VALLEY — Ров
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RIFT VALLEY — Окоп
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RIFT VALLEY — Канава
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RIFT VALLEY — Грабен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RIFT VALLEY — геол. рифтовая долина; долина провала
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIFT VALLEY — геол. рифтовая долина; долина провала
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
RIFT VALLEY — долина с крутыми склонами, образовавшаяся вследствие оседания грунта
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RIFT VALLEY — геол. рифтовая долина; долина провала
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
RIFT VALLEY — геол. рифтовая долина; долина провала
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RIFT VALLEY — долина с крутыми склонами, образовавшаяся вследствие оседания грунта
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RIFT VALLEY — долина с крутыми склонами, образовавшаяся вследствие оседания грунта
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RIFT VALLEY — рифтовая долина, грабен
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
RIFT VALLEY — рифтовая долина ущелье
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
RIFT VALLEY — долина с крутыми склонами, образовавшаяся вследствие оседания грунта (геология) рифтовая долина; долина провала
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VALLEY — I Elongate depression of the Earth's surface. Valleys are commonly drained by rivers and may be in a relatively flat …
Английский словарь Британика
RIFT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Great Rift Valley Rift Valley {{link=rift valley">rift valley
Английский словарь Британика
RIFT — I. ˈrift noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse ript breach of contract, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VALLEY — ˈvalē, -li noun ( plural valleys ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English valeie, valey, from Old French valee, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIFT — (v. t.) To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.
Английский словарь Webster
RIFT — ( v. t. ) To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VALLEY — — valleylike , adj. /val"ee/ , n. , pl. valleys . 1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIFT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIFT — I. ˈrift noun Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish & Norwegian rift fissure, Old Norse rīfa to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VALLEY — noun ( plural valleys ) Etymology: Middle English valeye, from Anglo-French valee, from val valley — more at vale Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VALLEY — noun the depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof. 2. valley ·noun the place of …
Webster English vocab
RIFT — p.p. of rive. 2. rift ·vi to belch. 3. rift ·noun a shallow place in a stream; a ford. 4. …
Webster English vocab
VALLEY — [val.ley] n, pl valleys [ME valey, fr. OF valee, fr. val valley--more at vale] (14c) 1 a: an elongate depression …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIFT — [rift] n [ME, of Scand origin; akin to Dan & Norw rift fissure, ON rifa to rive--more at rive] (14c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VALLEY — elongate depression of the Earth's surface. Valleys are commonly drained by rivers and may be in a relatively flat plain …
Britannica English vocabulary
VALLEY — valley, V\~ BrE AmE ˈvæl i ▷ valley|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIFT — rift BrE AmE rɪft ▷ rifted ˈrɪft ɪd -əd ▷ rifting ˈrɪft ɪŋ ▷ rifts rɪfts ▶ ˈ rift ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VALLEY — / ˈvæli; NAmE / noun an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIFT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VALLEY — val ‧ ley S3 W3 /ˈvæli/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: valee …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIFT — rift /rɪft/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: From a Scandinavian language ] 1 . a situation …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIFT — n. & v. n. 1 a a crack or split in an object. b an opening in a cloud etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIFT — n. & v. --n. 1. a a crack or split in an object. b an opening in a cloud etc. …
Oxford English vocab
VALLEY — ( valleys) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A valley is a low …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIFT — ( rifts) 1. A rift between people or countries is a serious quarrel or disagreement that stops them having a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VALLEY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a river valley ▪ They came to a wide river valley. lily of the valley …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIFT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES heal the wounds/breach/division/rift ▪ Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VALLEY — [noun] [C] - an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through itthe Nile …
Cambridge English vocab
RIFT — [noun] [C] - a narrow space in the ground or in rockThe stream had cut a deep rift in the …
Cambridge English vocab
VALLEY — n. Biqa Valley Al Central Valley Cherry Valley Raid Coachella Valley Death Valley Fergana Valley Great Rift Valley Rift Valley …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VALLEY — n. Elongate depression of the Earth's surface. Valleys are commonly drained by rivers and may be in a relatively flat …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIFT — n. Great Rift Valley East African Rift System Rift Valley rift valley
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VALLEY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , deep , high , large , long , steep , wide ▪ little , narrow …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RIFT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , growing , serious ▪ public ▪ family VERB + RIFT ▪ cause , create , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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