Study the illustration below of the plate tectonics affecting the continent of Africa. Divergent plates are causing the East African Rift Zone to spread. This area is a deep valley surrounded by mountains, similar to a mid-ocean ridge. What do you predict will eventually happen at the East African Rift Zone?
Eurasian
Plate
Arabian
Plate
Africa
Nile
River
African
Plate
(Nubian)
Erta Ale
Aden
Atlantic
Ocean
Indian
Plate
Equator
Oldoiggo Lengai
Lake
Victoria
African
Plate
(Somalian)
Explanation
Plate
Boundaries
East African
Rift Zone
2015, Brooklyn College
Lake Victoria will shrink and disappear as all of the plates converge.
The African plate will grow larger as all of the plates converge.
Water from the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean will flow into the rift and flood the area.
The Indian Ocean will shrink and disappear as the Rift Zone gets larger.