Africa's Great Rift Valley

Africa's Great Rift Valley

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Published: 2001-09

Total Pages: 216

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The flora and fauna of one of Africa's most spectacular regions is documented in 202 photographs, from snow-topped mountains to heat-blasted salt flats.


Tribes of the Great Rift Valley

Tribes of the Great Rift Valley

Author: Elizabeth L. Gilbert

Publisher: ABRAMS

Published: 2007-11

Total Pages: 280

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A day-by-day photographic journal of the annual migration path taken by the animals of the Serengeti Plain as they follow the cycle of the rains.


Earthquake Time Bombs

Earthquake Time Bombs

Author: Robert Yeats

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-11-05

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1107085241

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This book assesses the cities and communities at critical risk of devastating earthquakes, and asks what we can do to protect them.


The Great Rift Valley of East Africa

The Great Rift Valley of East Africa

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Publisher: Struik Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 154

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In a pictorial journey across the length and breadth of the East African section of the Great Rift Valley, award-winning wildlife photographers Anup and Manoj Shah explore the diversity of habitats created by this great fissure in the Earth


Geoscience of Rift Systems

Geoscience of Rift Systems

Author: Christopher K. Morley

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Published: 1999

Total Pages: 326

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Presents key results of hydrocarbon exploration activities by Amoco and other oil companies during the 1980s and 1990s in a number of rift segments in East Africa. Early chapters give a detailed review of the geological and geophysical data of the main regions explored, and later chapters present ge


Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley

Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley

Author: Adam Scott Kennedy

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-05-04

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0691159076

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Kenya's Rift Valley includes four major national parks--Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Mount Longonot, and Hell's Gate--as well as many smaller areas that are outstanding for wildlife. Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley features the 320 bird species that are most likely to be encountered on safari in this world-famous region, which runs from Lake Baringo in the north to Lake Magadi in the south. Featuring over 500 stunning color photos, this beautiful guide breaks new ground with its eye-catching layout and easy-to-use format. The book follows a habitat-based approach and provides interesting information about the ecology and behaviors of each species. Birds of Kenya's Rift Valley avoids technical jargon in the species descriptions, which makes the guide easily accessible to anyone. With it, you will be identifying birds in no time. Stunning photos of 320 bird species Major plumage variations depicted Jargon-free text Helpful notes on what to look and listen for, behavior, and why some birds are so named


Geology of East Africa

Geology of East Africa

Author: Thomas Schlüter

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Published: 1997

Total Pages: 504

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This new volume on the Geology of East Africa provides a concise account of the multi-faceted regional geology and stratigraphy of East Africa, that is Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Much of the data presented, however, is highly relevant to the surrounding countries and regions as well. Professionals and students, intending to delve into the details of the geological history of that region will appreciate the present volume as a stepping-stone, paving the way to additional studies of the numerous references given in this work.


Africa's Rift Valley

Africa's Rift Valley

Author: Colin D. Willock

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Published: 1974

Total Pages: 192

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Examines the land, vegetation, wildlife, and people of the Great Rift Valley, a 4,000-mile fissure in the earth's crust that stretches from the Lebanon to Mozambique.


A Crack in the Earth

A Crack in the Earth

Author: Haim Watzman

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780374130589

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The Great Rift Valley, which runs some three thousand miles from Syria to Mozambique, is one of the earth's most extraordinary geological features. The result of Syria's split from the African continent fifteen million years ago, this great "crack in the earth" crosses Jordan, Syria, Israel, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Kenya. In 2004, Israeli journalist Haim Watzman set out to explore the northern part of the Rift Valley, where he had lived for nearly two and a half decades. He interviewed a number of scientific experts: a zoologist fascinated by the behavioral patterns of indigenous birds; an archaeologist trying to re-create the standing stone formations left to us by ancient cultures; a geologist speculating on the valley's origins. Watzman raises provocative questions about the nature of this massive feature in the earth's crust: where it comes from, how it has developed, and how human civilization has fared on its shores. "Humankind has overlaid the geology not just with cities, dams, fields, and roads," he writes, "but also with history and biography and meanings."