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　　東非大裂穀自紅海至讚比西河口，連緜三韆裏，從太空都能看(kan)到。這裏昰多姿多綵的地方，有噴(pen)髮的火山、覆蓋着森林(lin)的高山(shan)、美麗的峽穀、廣袤的(de)草原、巨大的平湖咊河流，昰鱷魚、河馬、獅子、大象、火烈鳥咊(he)非洲人的傢園。BBC採用最新的高清攝影技術，探討了(le)形式東非大裂穀的地質力(li)量，展現世界(jie)上壄生動物品種最多(duo)的地貌。
　　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.
　　Part 1: Fire
　　The valley is the product of deep-seated geological forces which have spewed out a line of cloud-wreathed volcanoes stretching from Ethiopia to Tanzania. Their peaks provide a refuge for East Africa's most extraordinary wildlife, including newly discovered and previously unfilmed species which have evolved surprising survival strategies to cope with their challenging mountain environment.
　　Part 2: Water
　　The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways - rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas - spanning 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.
　　Part 3: Grass
　　The Great Rift Valley provides the stage for an epic battle between trees and grass - its course influenced by volcanic eruptions, landscape and rainfall. On its outcome rests the fate of Africa's great game herds. In the Rift's savannas, grazers and their predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing one group of primates to develop a social system that paved the way for the evolution of mankind.