SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -A rift valley is a lowland region that forms where Earth’s tectonic plates move apart, or rift. Rift valleys are found both on land and at the bottom of the ocean, where they are created by the process of seafloor spreading.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plate Rips Apart The continental crust breaks along faults, forming long mountain ranges separated by rift valleys.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the plates separate along the boundary, the block between the faults cracks and drops down into the soft, plastic interior (the asthenosphere). The sinking of the block forms a central valley called a rift. Magma (liquid rock) seeps upward to fill the cracks. In this way, new crust is formed along the boundary.

Detailed explanation-4: -When oceanic or continental plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or move in the same direction but at different speeds, a transform fault boundary is formed. No new crust is created or subducted, and no volcanoes form, but earthquakes occur along the fault.

Detailed explanation-5: -In particular, rift valleys are formed when continental plates move away from each other; moreover, the two continental plates diverge. It is important to note that there are three major types of tectonic plate boundaries that are separated throughout the world: divergent, convergent, and transform.