A sum of money that is awarded to a person to reimburse her or him for personal injury or property damage. A document used in civil litigation to state a claim against a defendant. It must identify the parties, the court, and causes of action on which the plaintiff relies.
Two major rift valleys occur on the land surface, or in the continental crust: the Baikal Rift Valley in Siberia and the African Rift. Formation. We've established that rift valleys are formed due to a splitting in the earth's crust. How does that happen? The earth's crust is constantly reforming due to the movement of tectonic plates.
Great Rift Valley. A system of geologic depressions in southwest Asia and eastern Africa extending from the Jordan River valley to Mozambique. The region is marked by vulcanism and by a series of faults caused by tectonic action.