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How are the East African Rift Valley alike to the San Andreas fault
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How are the East African Rift Valley alike to the San Andreas fault

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they are the same by how they were made, like by the plate bounderies.

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Both are plate boundaries that involve tension
Different: the San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary, while Rift Valley is divergent. Earthquakes occur on the San Andreas Fault, and volcanoes happen at Rift Valley
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