Water
The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways - rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas - from Egypt to Mozambique.
Visible from space, Africa's Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It's a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers, and is home to crocodiles, hippos, lions, elephants, flocks of flamingos and a diversity of indigenous peoples.
Using state-of-the-art high definition filming techniques, this series investigates the geological forces which shaped east Africa's Great Rift and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes.
The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways - rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas - from Egypt to Mozambique. Some lake and ocean deeps harbour previously unseen life-forms, while caustic waters challenge life to the extreme. But where volcanic minerals enrich the Great Rift's waterways, they provide the most spectacular concentrations of birds, mammals and fish in all Africa.
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Clips
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Gorillas in the rain
Duration: 00:48
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Drinking time
Duration: 01:24
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Glorious mud
Duration: 01:04
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Curious hippos
Duration: 01:21
Music Played
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James Newton Howard
The Net
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Series Producer | Phil Chapman |
Executive Producer | Mike Gunton |
Narrator | Hugh Quarshie |
Broadcasts
- Sun 31 Jan 2010 21:00
- Tue 2 Feb 2010 19:00
- Wed 3 Feb 2010 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Fri 5 Feb 2010 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Mon 26 Apr 2010 19:30
- Sat 17 Jul 2010 02:00
- Tue 5 Apr 2011 19:00
- Wed 6 Apr 2011 01:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sat 14 Jan 2012 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Sun 14 Apr 2013 14:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Fri 3 May 2013 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Tue 13 Sep 2016 15:15
- Tue 1 Aug 2017 14:45
- Wed 25 Apr 2018 20:00
- Thu 26 Apr 2018 02:00
- Tue 9 Apr 2019 15:50
- Tue 2 Mar 2021 16:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland