06. Rift Valley and Block Mountain

Continental-continental Divergent Plate Boundary

Process: Faulting due to the tension caused by the divergent plates.

Features and Landform: Fault, Rift Valley and Block Mountain

Examine the map of the East African rift valley on the website: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/East_Africa.html

Explain how rift valley and block mountain are formed.

source: http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/Earth&Space/GPS/platetect.html

Watch the video below to see how the Great Rift valley of Africa is formed: