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Africa's Rift Could Give Rise to a New Ocean Sooner Than Expected
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- Tectonic plates on Africa's east coast are separating.
- A new continent, called Nubian, may emerge.
- Separation could take one to five million years.
- Indian Ocean may flood East African Rift Valley.
- This process triggers earthquakes and volcanoes.
- Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania will have new coastlines.
- Satellites monitor the rift splitting Somali and Nubian plates.
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