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Figure 5.2.7, The Jordan rift valley includes the
Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee, and the Dead Sea.(“Jordan River
viewed from space.” Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Aerial_jordan.jpg)
Figure 5.2.8, How a rift valley is
created.
There are a few spreading plate boundaries under the continents;
in these areas the crust stretches until it eventually breaks. These
areas are called rift valleys. The Great Rift Valley is
over 3000 miles long and runs from Syria down to Mozambique in
Eastern Africa. The Jordan rift valley is a small portion of the
Great Rift Valley.
