The best example of this is Lake Superior. Where the other Great Lakes were formed by erosion and the retreat of the glacial sheet. Lake Superior, however, is the remains of a rift valley that began forming about 1 million years ago from the Mid-Continental Rift.
See the Superior Facts on the link to The Minnesota Sea Grant below.
The valley is about 100 feet above sea level on average. There are areas that are higher and lower, but NO PLACE in the valley is below sea level. In the past the valley floor was lower, infact it was an inland sea, but tectonic action raised the valley floor and drained out the water.
The valley is about 100 feet above sea level on average. There are areas that are higher and lower, but NO PLACE in the valley is below sea level. In the past the valley floor was lower, infact it was an inland sea, but tectonic action raised the valley floor and drained out the water.
death valley 282 feet below sea level
600 feet if the mountain is already below sea level and so is the valley then just subtract the difference
Death Valley
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The Mojave Desert includes Death Valley which has areas well below sea level - 282 feet below sea level to be exact.
death valley
The answer also happens to be the Hottest place in the states, DEATH VALLEY and its well below sea level . The exact place is Badwater Basin in Death Valley , California , 282ft below sea level.
Death Valley
It is Death Valley, California, at an elevation of 282 feet below sea level.
Death Valley,CA it is 282 ft. below sea level.