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The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench approximately 6000 kilometres (3700 mi) in length that runs from northern Syria to central Mozambique in South Eastern Africa. The name continues in some usages although it is today considered geologically imprecise as it combines features that are today regarded as separate although related rift and fault systems.
