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~A rift valley is formed by two or more continental tectonic plates diverging or moving away from each other to create a long narrow valley in the separation over time.
~A typical rift is a separation between two tectonic plates where the plates pull apart to create a valley in the middle of a continent; this is called a divergent boundary. The East African Rift System is a triple junction, meaning it is formed by 3 different plates pulling away from each other.
~ A fault is a break in the lithosphere where two plates have moved past each other. The lithosphere consists of all of Earth's tectonic plates. Tectonic plates interact with each other to create the most natural disasters and help form the Earth.
~Rift valley look exactly like their name indicates, they are very narrow and long valleys that can fill with water from rivers or oceans, they can then form large seas and lakes. These are called tectonic basins and they can form along rift valleys in the right conditions.
~As the plates pull apart, faults form on either side of the rift and major earthquakes occur from the fracturing and plate movement.
~The plates that are separating are the Nubian plate, the Somalian plate, and the Arabian plate. Because three different plates are all diverging, the East African Rift System is the largest seismically active rift in the world!
~It has two main branches of rifting, the East and West branches, which have formed nearly 600,000 km apart from each other.
~A typical rift is a separation between two tectonic plates where the plates pull apart to create a valley in the middle of a continent; this is called a divergent boundary. The East African Rift System is a triple junction, meaning it is formed by 3 different plates pulling away from each other.
~ A fault is a break in the lithosphere where two plates have moved past each other. The lithosphere consists of all of Earth's tectonic plates. Tectonic plates interact with each other to create the most natural disasters and help form the Earth.
~Rift valley look exactly like their name indicates, they are very narrow and long valleys that can fill with water from rivers or oceans, they can then form large seas and lakes. These are called tectonic basins and they can form along rift valleys in the right conditions.
~As the plates pull apart, faults form on either side of the rift and major earthquakes occur from the fracturing and plate movement.
~The plates that are separating are the Nubian plate, the Somalian plate, and the Arabian plate. Because three different plates are all diverging, the East African Rift System is the largest seismically active rift in the world!
~It has two main branches of rifting, the East and West branches, which have formed nearly 600,000 km apart from each other.
Created by : Ethan Garcia