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A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in ...
(The ridge also has a secondary rift valley running its length.) The width is an average taken along the spreading ridges (Georgia–Senegal, Brazil – Bight of Benin, etc.). The greatest depth is the Romanche Trench. (The Puerto Rico Trench is not part of the rift system.) Great Rift Valley: 6,000 km (3,700 mi) 220 km (140 mi) 2 km (1 mi)
Name Country Depth Notes / references 1: Dead Sea: Jordan – West Bank – Israel: −430 m (−1,411 ft) lowest land in Asia and the world in Jordan valley, Israel – West Bank –
Many of the world's largest lakes are located in rift valleys. [2] Lake Baikal in Siberia, a World Heritage Site, [3] lies in an active rift valley. Baikal is both the deepest lake in the world and, with 20% of all of the liquid freshwater on earth, has the greatest volume. [4]
Buckskin Gulch, Utah—possibly the longest, deepest slot canyon in the world at over 13 mi (21 km); a tributary of the Paria River; Cane Creek Canyon, Alabama; Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; Canyonlands National Park, canyons of the Colorado River and its main tributary the Green River, Utah
The valley begins at the Zharu Buddhist monastery and ends at the Red, Black, and Daling lakes. Zharu Valley is the home of tourism in Jiuzhaigou. [14] The valley has recently been opened to a small number of tourists wishing to go hiking and camping off the beaten track.