The __________ formed along a series of faults and stretches north from Mozambique into Syria and the Middle East.

The Great Rift Valley formed along a series of faults and extends north from Mozambique through eastern Africa toward Syria and the Middle East. The Atlas Mountains are in northwestern Africa, the Nile is a river, and the Sahel is a region south of the Sahara, so none of those matches the description.

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