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RIFT VALLEYS  

DEFINITION

  • Pertaining to the valley that forms down the center of a mid-ocean ridge where the formation of oceanic crust occurs.

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/f32afbca-dac6-41b1-a198-791c1fb57951

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