Geography

Question

Characterize continental rifts.

Continental rifts

occur at

are caused by

produce a

between two

Answer

Continental rifts occur at divergent plate boundaries. They are caused by tensional forces that pull the plates apart. They produce a rift valley between two separating continental plates.

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Continental rifts are geological features that occur at divergent plate boundaries where two continental plates are moving away from each other. These rifts are...