Back to Discover
🌍

Rift valley

earth science Maturity 11-13

The ground can pull apart.

NASA - Visible Earth, Lakes of the African Rift Valley.jpg
NASA - Visible Earth, Lakes of the African Rift Valley.jpg
This makes a long, low land. It looks like a deep crack. Big lakes can fill these spots.
Thingvallavatn Lake.jpg
Thingvallavatn Lake.jpg
These valleys are very cool to see. Have you seen a deep valley?

48 words
🖼️ Images & Media (4)
File:NASA - Visible Earth, Lakes of the African Rift Valley.jpg
NASA - Visible Earth, Lakes of the...
File:Browncanyonquilotoa.jpg
Browncanyonquilotoa.jpg
File:Ottawabonnecheregrabenmap.png
Ottawabonnecheregrabenmap.png
File:Thingvallavatn Lake.jpg
Thingvallavatn Lake.jpg
Up Next
🌍
Rift
Earth Science
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

Rift 0% Divergent boundary 0% Rift lake 0% Passive margin 0% Mid-ocean ridge 0% Foreland basin 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

Rift Divergent boundary Rift lake Passive margin

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

Fault block East African Rift Basal sliding Pull-apart basin
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 11.4 | Vital Level 5