The East African Rift

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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There is a giant rift in East Africa today. It is a rift that literally tearing countries apart. This rift isn’t cultural, political, or economic, it is geologic. Africa is quite literally being torn apart. In several million years, Africa will be split into two continents, and while the process will take a long time, you see ample evidence for it right now. Learn more about the East Africa Rift and how it has shaped the modern continent of Africa on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today there is a giant rift that is tearing the continent of Africa apart.
0:05.0	And I mean that quite literally because the rift isn't cultural, economic, or political, it's geologic.
0:11.0	In several million years, Africa will literally split into two continents,
0:15.6	and while the process will take a long time, you can see ample evidence for it
0:19.8	right now. Learn more about the East African Rift and how it's shaped the modern continent of Africa
0:25.7	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. Geologically speaking Africa is a very old continent. You don't see many
1:06.8	major mountain ranges in Africa for this reason because it's so old there has been
1:10.5	more time for erosion which has made it relatively flat.
1:14.2	However, there is active geology going on in Africa.
1:17.4	It's just different than the type which is going on in the rest of the world.
1:21.0	If you remember back to my episode on plate tectonics, the Earth's
1:24.2	tectonic plates are responsible for most of the earthquakes and volcanoes on the
1:27.8	planet. A collision of tectonic plates often forms mountain chains. For example, the Himalayas were formed by the
1:34.4	Indian subcontinent colliding with Asia. Most of the ring of fire around the
1:38.7	Pacific is the result of an oceanic tectonic plate subducting under a continental plate.
1:44.6	But if plates are colliding with each other, then that means somewhere else they have to be splitting
1:48.8	apart.
1:50.2	These regions are called riffs. Most of the rs on Earth are found in the middle of the oceans.
1:55.4	Both the Atlantic and Pacific have major riffs which run for thousands of miles.
1:59.8	There are actually only two places on land where you can see two tectonic plates splitting apart.
2:05.4	The first is in Iceland, which is actually just a part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which goes
2:09.3	through the ocean.
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