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the tectonic plates separate and the ground moves down. then a rift valley is formed
they are formed by the compression of the eatrths surface
Rift are formed between divergent boundaries, as the plates break apart from each other, a rift is formed between them. Also as they split apart the void between them forms a rift valley. Like the great rift valley in Africa.
The Red Sea Rift / The Great Rift Valley.
Gravity Thermal convection.
the great rift valley formed when two plates shifted.
rift valley
The rift valley was formed when the continents divided it split open a large area in Africa and formed The Great Rift Valley.
African and Arabian
Rift Valley
The Great Rift Valley is in Eastern Africa It surrounds lake Victoria
The African Rift Valley
This is the Rift Valley.
the tectonic plates separate and the ground moves down. then a rift valley is formed
A rift valley is a linear lowland between highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic fault or rift zone. It often forms where tectonic plates are moving apart, leading to the stretching and thinning of the Earth's crust, resulting in a depressed landscape. Rift valleys can be found on land or beneath the ocean.
African Plate and Arabian Plate
A graben or rift valley.