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The Earth could get a new ocean and continent a lot sooner than we thought

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A 35-mile long fissure discovered in Ethiopia ’s desert in 2005 has continued to widen by 6 -7mm per year.

It's linked to a 2000-mile -long, 22-million year old rift called the East Africa Rift System .

The rift is thought to have been caused by movements of the Earth 's tectonic plates.

Once the split becomes large enough for a body of water to form, Somalia , Kenya , Tanzania and some parts of Ethiopia would form a new continent called the Nubian continent.