Continent Splitting: What To Know About Giant Rift Tearing Africa Apart

Will the network of valleys that stretches about 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) long, from the Red Sea to Mozambique split the continent and create a new ocean, or will it fizzle out?   A giant rift is slowly tearing Africa, the second-largest continent, apart. This depression — known as the East African Rift — is a network of valleys that stretches about 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) long, from the Red Sea to Mozambique, according to the Geological Society of London. So will Africa rip apart completely, and if so, when…

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