🏞️ Grabens of the World

These are notable grabens — long troughs of the Earth’s crust dropped down between parallel faults where the ground has stretched and thinned, forming dramatic rift valleys such as the Rhine Graben, the Jordan Rift and the many basins of the East African Rift system. Each profile shows where the trough lies, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

19 grabens from 11 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any graben for its full profile.

Africa (2) Americas (2) Asia (2) Europe (5) Oceania (2)

Africa (2 grabens)

Americas (2 grabens)

Asia (2 grabens)

Europe (5 grabens)

Oceania (2 grabens)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.