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There is a huge geological transformation in East Africa, where a hidden force under the surface of the Earth slowly breaks down the continent. The process stems from the East African creviation system, which is a 3,000-kilometer long cleft, began to develop at least 22 million years ago and is in the region where large lakes of Africa are located. This cleft indicates the boundary between the two tectonic discs that gradually move away from each other, the Somali and the Nubian discs.

Scientists have now identified a huge, hot, partially melted rock accumulation under the region called African super cloud, whose intense heat and pressure weakens and cracks the outer layer of the Earth, the so -called lithosphere. GPS measurement shows that the discs are away at five inches/year, which is roughly the same as the growth rate of human nails. Over time, these fissure valleys can create a new ocean that separates parts of Somalia, Eastern Eetopia, Kenya and Tanzania, creating a new land.

While earlier it was thought that total separation would take tens of millions of years, according to the latest models, the process has been thoroughly accelerated, so it could take 1-5 million years. Scientists from the University of Glasgow in Scotland have been determined whether the forces separating Africa are formed in the depths of the Earth’s cloak or due to shallower surface tectonic processes.

« We have found that there is a giant, hot rock spot during East Africa, which comes from the core border, pulls the plates apart and supports the African continent, making it hundreds of meters higher than normal, » Professor Fin Stuart told the Daily Mail.

As the cleft is widening, scientists predict that seawater from the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean will eventually flood the low-lying areas.

-The Adeni Bay and the Red Sea are the To the far region and creates a new ocean into the East African Covenant Valley, so this part of East Africa develops into an independent continent, explained a geophysicist Ken Macdonald.