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At the East African Rift, the African Plate is separating into two smaller plates that are moving in opposite directions. Based on this, which type of boundary exists at the East African Rift? 

A. Transform  B. Divergent  C. Subduction  D. Convergent

User Nusrat
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B. Divergent

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User Peter Hilton
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Your answer would be B, or divergent.

Let's go through what each of these boundaries are.

Transform: When two plates move along their boundary. For example, if you were looking at a boundary running north to south, one plate would be shifting north, the other south.

Divergent: When two plates are moving away from each other, and new land is being made in between them.

Convergent: When two plates are moving towards each other, and land is being destroyed between them.

(Subduction is not a boundary, it has to do with earthquakes but that is a subduction zone, not boundary).

What is being described here sounds to be along the lines of a divergent boundary, as the African plate is separating while moving in opposite directions. This means that the two plates are moving away from each other.

Therefore, I would say the boundary of the East African Rift is a divergent boundary.

Hope this helped!

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