• 2010
  • 2h 56m
The Great Rift: Africa's Greatest Story

Summary The Great Rift Valley in Africa was created when the African and Arabian tectonic plates separated about 35 million years ago. This series investigates the forces that created the rift and focuses on the landscape and wildlife. View more details

  • 2010
  • 2h 56m

The Great Rift: Africa's Greatest Story

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Hugh Quarshie Martin Dohrn Justin Maguire Ingrid Kvale

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Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 23, 2010

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC Vidio

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Animal Planet

Summary The Great Rift Valley in Africa was created when the African and Arabian tectonic plates separated about 35 million years ago. This series investigates the forces that created the rift and focuses on the landscape and wildlife. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 23, 2010

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC Vidio

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Animal Planet

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 23, 2010
Fire
Ethiopia's Afar low plain is a lunar landscape of craters and saline lakes in hellish heat. By extreme contrast, over thirty million years, half a million cubic kilometer lava created an equally bizarre mountain range nearby.
Episode 2 • Jan 30, 2010
Water
The giant East African Great Rift, a vast plane, includes several lakes. Those are surprisingly diverse biotopes, some with extraordinarily unique food chains. One is even filled with poisonous volcanic minerals, which only the pink flamingo (colored by it) thrives in as predator.
Episode 3 • Feb 06, 2010
Grass
The final program is about the savannah ecosystem and the animals that live on it. The final scenes of the program suggest that the Rift Valley is the cradle of humanity.
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