RIFT VALLEY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("rift valley" is a kind of...):

vale; valley (a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river)

Instance hyponyms:

Great Rift Valley (( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults)

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