| NOUN | object | rift valley | a valley with steep sides |
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| Meaning | A valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust. | |
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| Instances | Great Rift Valley | (geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa |
| Broader | valley, vale | A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
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