Afar Triple Junction
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Afar Triple Junction
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The Afar Triple Junction is located along a divergent plate boundary dividing the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian plates. This area is considered a present-day example of continental rifting leading to seafloor spreading and producing an oceanic basin. Here, the Red Sea Rift meets the Aden Ridge and the East African Rift. The latter extends a total of 6,500 kilometers (4,000 mi) from the Afar Triangle to Mozambique. The connecting three arms form a triple junction. The northernmost branching arm ext
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Place where three tectonic rifts meet in East Africa
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2023-08-15T01:28:45Z
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