Rift
Also known as Red Sea
The rift separating Arabia from Africa. It is further advanced than the East African Rift: continental breakup has already produced a narrow ocean basin.
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Spreading processes have already torn Arabia away from the rest of the African continent, forming the Red Sea, where the African and Arabian Plates meet the Gulf of Aden at a triple junction.
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Evidence: Kious 1996 Primary authority
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