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裂谷

liè gǔ

2-character word

What 裂谷 means

1. geologyrift valley

The characters in 裂谷

• 裂lièto split; to crack; to break open
• 谷gǔgrain; corn

Example sentences

• 调查人员的结论基于对取自东非大裂谷坦噶尼喀湖底部的一块距今 6 万年的沉积物岩芯的分析。坦噶尼喀湖位于东非大裂谷，与蒲隆地、刚果民主共和国、坦尚尼亚和尚比亚接壤，是世界第二深的淡水湖。
  Investigators base their conclusion on an analysis of a 60,000-year-old sediment core extracted from the bottom Lake Tanganyika in the East African Rift Valley, which borders Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. The lake is the world's second deepest fresh water lake.

Words starting with 裂谷

• 裂谷热liè gǔ rèRift Valley fever (RVF)

Words containing 裂谷

• 东非大裂谷Dōng Fēi Dà Liè gǔEast African Rift Valley
• 双龙大裂谷Shuāng lóng Dà Liè gǔShuanglong Rift Valley in Mt Xiong'er National Geological Park 熊耳山
• 非洲大裂谷Fēi zhōu Dà Liè gǔEast African Rift Valley