East African Rift System is slowly breaking away, with Madagascar splitting into pieces

The African continent is slowly separating into several large and small tectonic blocks along the diverging East African Rift System, continuing to Madagascar—the long island just off the coast of Southeast Africa—that itself will also break apart into smaller islands.


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Source: Phys.org