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Q: Why do Lakes form on the floor of rift valleys?
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Why do lakes form on the floor of a rift valley?

lakes form on the floor of a rift valley


How do rift valleys form?

rift valleys form by tension stress


What do rift valleys tell us about the sea floor and continent plates?

Rift valleys tell us stuff about the sea floor.


Why is lakes formed on the floor of a rift valley?

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How do volcanos form along ocean ridges?

Along rift valleys, lava pours out of cracks in the ocean floor, gradually building new mountains.


Where do many of Africa's lakes develop?

i would have to say, basins in rift valleys. but if i am wrong, let me know what it really is.


How were rift valleys formed?

When several parallel faults occur in the ground, the formed block sinks to form a valley.This valley has a flat floor and steep edges, called a rift valley. But if the block rises it forms block mountains.


What feature is not associated with subduction zones?

Rift valleys, sea-floor spreading and mid-ocean ridge.


What is the name of the long deep valleys that are formed by the movement of Earths crust?

rift valleys


Are rift valleys made by convergent boundaries?

no rift valleys are formed on the divergent boundary.


How often does a rift valley form?

Rift valleys form in response to divergent plate movements which are slow in human terms, roughly the rate of fingernail growth.


Where do Rift zones rift valleys linear oceans and oceanic ridges features form?

They form in areas of the Earth in which continental or oceanic plates are pulling apart.