Geology of Africa
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Geology of Africa
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The geology of Africa is varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the continent. The African continent rests over two main plates. The African Plate, accounting for the whole of north Africa, and the Somali Plate, which accounts for the eastern side of mid and southern Africa. The Somali Plate is moving away from the African Plate in a split from Djibouti in the north, to Eswatini in the south. The parting of these two plates formed the southern part of w
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Africa
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2019-03-01T05:32:18Z
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2024-09-15T14:32:41Z
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