A rift valley is the reverse of a fault block mountain. Rift valleys are linear shaped low lands and divergent plate boundaries.
fault block
fault block
The Great Rift Valley is a divergent fault.
No, the Rift Valley is not a type of block mountain. It is a large depression or lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges, formed by the movement of tectonic plates. Block mountains, on the other hand, are created by the uplifting of large blocks of the Earth's crust along faults.
Divergent.
Depends. On what type of mountain or valley is it.
A fault- block mountain
normal fault
A divergent boundary.
strike slip fault
divergent. the right side of the plate is pulling away creating the "rift."
Basaltic lava.