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How Continental Rifting Initiates New Ocean Basin Formation

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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?