HyperDic: rift_valley

English > 1 sense of the expression rift valley:
NOUNobjectrift valleya valley with steep sides
English > rift valley: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningA valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust.
InstancesGreat Rift Valley(geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa
Broadervalley, valeA long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

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