Rhine River Rift Valley

The main elements of this rift are the upper rhine graben in southwest germany and eastern france and the lower rhine embayment in northwest germany and the southeastern netherlands.

Rhine river rift valley.

The rhine graben formed synchronously with the alpine collision and has been called an. It flows from two small headways in the alps of east central switzerland north and west to the north sea into which it drains through the netherlands. Vallée du rhin is a major rift about 350 kilometre long 220 mi and on average 50 kilometre wide 31 mi between basel in the south and the cities of frankfurt wiesbaden in the north. In a steep gorge famous for its scenery and wines with castles surviving from times when tolls were levied on the river s traffic and landmarks such as the lorelei and the drachenfels.

Below mainz at bingen germany the rhine leaves the rift valley and flows for c 80 mi 130 km across the rhenish slate mts. Its prominence among other fluvial systems is due to the location of its headwaters within the central. Particular valleys of the rhine or any of its sections. Learn how to create your own.

This map was created by a user. Other articles where rhine rift valley is discussed. The black forest reaches its greatest elevation at mount feld feldberg. Rhine river river and waterway of western europe culturally and historically one of the great rivers of the continent and among the most important arteries of industrial transport in the world.

Gallen rhine valley also. The upper rhine plain yasir rhine rift valley or upper rhine graben german. Oberrheinische tiefebene oberrheinisches tiefland or oberrheingraben french. 4 898 feet 1 493 metres in the south and declines northward beneath secondary sediments before rising to the smaller oden forest.

Chur rhine valley or grisonian rhine valley. Rheintal is the valley or any section of it of the river rhine in europe. The river rhine and its tributaries represent one of the largest drainage systems in europe. Central strip to form the rhine rift valley which extends 185 miles 300 km in length.

Churer rheintal or sometimes bündner rheintal between reichenau and sargans east switzerland.