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The Geological Work of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African Lakes, 1930–31

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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At its southern end the western rift valley branches westwards from the trend of the main rift valley at a point just north of Lake Nyasa. Thence it continues northwards for a distance of approximately 1,000 miles, when it ends in the Sudan near Nimule.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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