Rifts and grabens

The Rhine ( ) is one of the major rivers of Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Swiss-Austrian border. From Lake Constance downstream, it forms part of the Swiss-German border. After that the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border. It then flows in a mostly northerly direction through the German Rhineland. Finally, the Rhine turns to flow predominantly west to enter the Netherlands, eventually emptying into the North Sea. It drains an area of 185,000 km2.

continuous geographic trench

desert basin in Inyo and San Bernadino counties in California, United States

gulf of the Ionian Sea, separating Peloponnese from Central Greece

thumb|upright=1.35|Diagram illustrating the structural relationship between grabens and horsts upright=1.35|thumb|Infrared-enhanced satellite image of a graben in the Afar Triangle|Afar Depression

thumb|Block view of a rift formed cut of three segments, showing the location of the accommodation zones between them at changes in fault location or polarity (dip direction). upright|thumb|Gulf of Suez Rift showing main [[extensional faults]]

mountain pass

linear lowland created by a geol Go all rift or fault

part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya

major rift valley in Germany

geographic region

rift in centre of Africa

geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland

valley in Idaho, United States

lake in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden

volcanic zone in New Zealand

thumb|Silfra fissure thumb|The Mid-Atlantic Ridge passing through Þingvellir thumb|Rocks and boulders that have piled up in the fissure due to earthquakes. Silfra () is a rift formed in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge – the divergent tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates – and is located in the Þingvallavatn Lake in the Þingvellir National Park in Iceland.

waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada

a series of continental rifts centered beneath Lake Baikal in southeastern Russia

plain in Israel

bay in New Zealand

branch of the East African Rift that runs through Ethiopia

eastern branch of the East African Rift fracture system

valley in Wales

plain in New Zealand

rift zone on the planet Venus

geological rifts by the Alps

Geologic province primarily located in British Columbia and Yukon, Canada.

ice stream in Antarctica

undersea trough

chasma

large endorheic basin mainly in Kenya and Ethiopia