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Noun Concept
Categories: Rifts and grabens, Structural geology, Articles with short description, Plate tectonics
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rift  rifting  continent broke up  continental rifting  Geologic rift
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A narrow fissure in rock WordNet 3.0
English:
geology
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A narrow fissure in rock WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics. Wikipedia
Geological structure. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Linear zone where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart Wikidata
IS A
crack
landform
PART OF
geology
HAS KIND
Terceira Rift
Upper Rhine Plain
Fundy Basin
White Nile rift
Midcontinent Rift System
HAS INSTANCE
Saint Lawrence rift system
Terceira Rift
Gulf of Suez Rift
East African Rift
Guaymas Basin
+11 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
Rif
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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rift
Wikipedia
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rift
Wikidata
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rift
Wikipedia Redirections
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continent broke up, continental rifting, Geologic rift, RIFT, Rift (geology), rift basin, rift shoulder, rift system, rifting, syn-rift, Taphrogenesis

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