A rift valley forms when the lithospheric stretches, tension stress occurs, causing rock to pull apart, break, and form normal faults.s the hanging wall of a normal fault slide down the footwall, a long, flat, narrow rift valley forms.
rift valleys form by tension stress
lakes form on the floor of a rift valley
A rift valley forms at a convergent boundary.
Rift zones form at locations where the Earth's tectonic plates are moving away from each other. This movement creates fractures in the Earth's crust, allowing magma to rise to the surface and form new crust. Rift zones are commonly found along mid-ocean ridges and continental rift valleys.
No. Continental convergent plate boundaries form fold mountain ranges. A rift valley will form at a divergent plate boundary.
Rift valleys form in response to divergent plate movements which are slow in human terms, roughly the rate of fingernail growth.
They form in areas of the Earth in which continental or oceanic plates are pulling apart.
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A divergent boundary.
A rift valley forms when the lithospheric stretches, tension stress occurs, causing rock to pull apart, break, and form normal faults.
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No. Continental convergent plate boundaries form fold mountain ranges. A rift valley will form at a divergent plate boundary.