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Mau Escarpment

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Mau Escarpment

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The Mau Escarpment is a fault scarp running along the western edge of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. The top of the escarpment reaches approximately 3,000 m (10, 000 ft) above sea level, and is over 1,000 m higher than the floor of the Rift Valley.

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