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Recent Examples of rift valleyThe rift valleys of East Africa are some of the largest and most spectacular topographic features on Earth.—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 There is a rift valley on the Rio Grande in the desert of New Mexico where an award-winning home sits.—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Rather than having a central volcano, the Reykjanes Peninsula is dominated by a rift valley with lava fields and cones.—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 Baringo is a county based within Kenya’s rift valley, which, according to Buret, experiences unnoticeable tectonic earth movement daily.—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2023 Fontana is a geothermal spa with a beautiful pool overlooking þingvallavatn, a rift valley lake in þingvellir National Park (which is also home to famous sites like the Gullfoss waterfall and Geysir geothermal area).—Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2022 Rotorua draws tourists to its famous hot springs, but for visitors who prefer science to spas, the nearby volcanic rift valley Waimangu (www.waimangu.co.nz) is a must.—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2014
The couple had come up from their Sun City home in metro Phoenix in spring to shuttle rim-to-rim canyon hikers to their vehicles, hoping to escape the summer heat like many of their clients.
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Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Try the roughly two-mile Hickman Bridge Trail to admire the canyon and walk beneath the 300-foot Hickman Bridge, a natural sandstone arch.
The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway is truly at its most spectacular in autumn, when the leaves start to change color and the gorge prepares itself for winter.
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Acacia Gabriel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
Apart from the gorges and cliffs, the area features beautiful waterfalls and rock shelters.
There were more creeks, high hills, big parks, passes, and open mountainsides with broken, timbered canyons and gulches.
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Fred C. Mercer,
Outdoor Life,
14 Aug. 2025
Mandatory evacuations were active along the Colorado 13 corridor from the White River near Meeker to south of Piceance Creek Road in Garfield County, parts of Rio Blanco County east of Willow Creek and south of Piceance Creek, and gulches west of Colorado 13.
Search operations, including drones, launched Sunday after hikers reported being trapped in Laohugou, a valley in Menyuan county.
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Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Once October and November hit, the cypress trees that line both sides of the river light up in shades or orange and red, striking a sharp contrast against the turquoise water and the green in the rest of the valley.
The researchers found that these urban gullies have so far spread across 26 Congolese cities, stretching more than 435 miles (700 km), with some individual channels measuring tens of meters deep.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Oct. 2025
Long drives over deep gullies and big ponds come often, and accuracy is always in play.
Best for Solo Train Enthusiasts: Scotland Discover the incredible and indelible beauty of the Scottish highlands, full of lochs, glens, castles and fluffy highland cows and sheep on a journey with Vacations by Rail.
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Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
One of the biggest temperate rainforests in the United States, the Hoh Rain Forest is worth visiting just for fantastical trails like the Hall of Mosses and Hoh River Trail that wind through peaceful glens of trees positively dripping with moss.
Additionally, mental health plays a significant role in global mortality, according to the new research, with burden from anxiety and depression surging.
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Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
What begins as occasional recreational betting too often spirals into financial instability, anxiety and depression, and high-risk habits.
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