SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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mid ocean ridge
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deep ocean trench
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pacific hot spot
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rift valley
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Detailed explanation-1: -Two landforms that are created from divergent boundaries are rift valleys and mid-oceanic ridges. Rift valleys form when the divergent boundaries are between two continental tectonic plates. As the land masses move away from each other, the weakened crust between them begins to collapse and create a low place.
Detailed explanation-2: -When two plates are moving away from each other, we call this a divergent plate boundary. Along these boundaries, magma rises from deep within the Earth and erupts to form new crust on the lithosphere. Most divergent plate boundaries are underwater and form submarine mountain ranges called oceanic spreading ridges.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many rift valleys are part of “triple junctions, ” a type of divergent boundary where three tectonic plates meet at about 120° angles.