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Q: What is a modern day example of an active continental rift?
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Where can you see a divergent boundary without going to a mid ocean bridge?

You would need to find a continental rift. The best example of an active continental rift is the East African Rift.


What is an example of a continental to continental divergence?

the great rift valley of Africa


What locations is a modern-day example of an active continental rift?

Himalayan Mountain range Aleutian Island arc west coast of South America Alpine Fault in New Zealand East Africa and the Red Sea


What locations is a modern day example of an active continental rift?

Himalayan Mountain range Aleutian Island arc west coast of South America Alpine Fault in New Zealand East Africa and the Red Sea


What part of North America is an example of a continental rift zone?

The Basin and Range Province is an example of a rift zone.


Is rift valley an example of active margin?

No


What is a rift valley?

Rift valleys occur when continental plates are pulling apart from one another, for example the East African Rift Valley.


What is a rifts?

Rift valleys occur when continental plates are pulling apart from one another, for example the East African Rift Valley.


An example of divergent plate boundary on a continental plate would be what?

The East African Rift Valley


What is continental rift?

A continental rift is a long narrow slit in the earth indicating that a zone of the lithosphere has become thinner.


What is the current most active rift?

The rift in Eastern Africa


What is a continental rift also called?

continental plate? divergent boundary? convergent boundary? continental drift?