Mineral Resources Potential - Geothermal Resources

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Lake Hula into the Sea of ~dilee in Israel, and then continues
south througb the: Jordan Valley into the Dead Sea on the Israeli-
Jordanian border. $Am the Dead Sea southwards, the rift is
occupied by the Wadi Arab& and then the Gulf of Aqaba and the
Red Sea.
The Western Rift, also called the Albertine Rift, is edged
by some of the highest mbuntains in Africa, including the Virunga
Mountains, Mitumba Mountains, and Ruwenzuri Range; and
contains the Rift Valley Lakes, which incfude some of the deepest
- lakes in the world (up to 1470 rneters deep at ]Lake Tanganyika).
Lake Victoria, the second largest area freshwater lake in the world,
[. is considered p~ of the Rift valley system, although it acidly lies
It between the two' biiches, The other Great Lakes are dso formed
,:. bytheRift.
m8 In Kenya the valley is deepest to the north of Nairobi. As the
Lakes in the Eas'tern Rift have no outlet to the sea, these lakes tend to
be shallow and have s high mineral content as the evaporation of
kter leaves the salts behind. The volcanic activity at this site and
unusual concentration of hotspots has produced the volcanic
mountains -Mount KUimanjaro,, Mount Kenya, Mount Karisimbi
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Mount Nyimgongo, Mount Mcru and Mount Elgon as well as the
Crater Highlands in Tanzania. The 01 Doinyci Lengai volcano
remains active, and is currently the only natrocarbnatite volcano in
j the world.
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