RIFT VALLEY


Meaning of RIFT VALLEY in English

Geol.

1. graben.

2. a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwellings that accompany seafloor spreading.

[ 1890-95 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .