Which of the following statements with regard to the East African Rift System is/are correct? 1. East African Rift System represents an active continental rift zone extending from the Middle East southwards into Mozambique. 2. Lake Victoria is a shallow depression lake situated between the eastern and western rift branches, and is not a structural rift valley lake. Select the answer using the code given below: |ForumIAS

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: C

Notes:

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: The East African Rift System (EARS) is an active divergent tectonic boundary stretching roughly from the Jordan Rift Valley/Red Sea south through East Africa to Mozambique.
Statement 2 is correct: Unlike deep tectonic graben lakes (e.g., Lake Tanganyika, Lake Nyasa), Lake Victoria lies in a broad, shallow sag basin between the Eastern and Western Rifts and is not part of the structural rift valley itself.