Geography
How Continental Rifting Initiates New Ocean Basin Formation
Quick fact
The East African Rift is currently splitting the African continent, and scientists predict that in millions of years, a new ocean will fill the rift, separating the Horn of Africa from the rest of the continent.
Why this is interesting
Did you know that the Atlantic Ocean was once a rift valley like the one tearing Africa apart today? What could cause a continent to split and fill with ocean?