The Baikal Rift Zone is a series of continental rifts centered beneath Lake Baikal in southeastern Russia. Current strain in the rifts tends to be extending...

In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics. Typical rift features are a...

African Rift, Rio Grande rift and the Baikal Rift Zone, which are currently active, as well as a fourth which may be, the West Antarctic Rift System....

often found within rift valleys and may be very deep. Rift lakes may be bounded by large steep cliffs along the fault margins. Lake Baikal, in Siberia Lake...

Baikalia. UNESCO declared Baikal a World Heritage Site in 1996. Lake Baikal is in a rift valley, created by the Baikal Rift Zone, where the Earth's crust...

whereas the Baikal rift zone is an extension zone. The Baikal rift zone is an extension zone separating the Siberian platform from the Sayan Baikal range....

The East African Rift (EAR) or East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR began developing around the onset...

the deepest lake in the world, is an ancient lake created by the Baikal Rift Zone which is 25–30 million years old and 5,387 feet (1,642 m) deep. This...

suture zone[additional citation(s) needed] in central China and the Baikal Rift Zone and Stanovoy Mountains on the north. The Baikal Rift Zone is considered...

polar reversals. Mid-Atlantic Ridge Red Sea Rift Baikal Rift Zone - incipient plate boundary East African Rift - incipient plate boundary East Pacific Rise...