The Virunga chain is part of the East African Rift Valley system, which marks the boundary between two plates: the Nubian plate to the west and the Somalian plate to the east.

• 该龙链的一部分，东非裂谷系统，该系统马克之间的界线两大板块：努比亚板块向西部地区和索马里板块东。