rift zone

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noun Geology.

a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.

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Origin of rift zone

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby rift zone

rift, rift saw, rift-sawed, rift valley, Rift Valley fever, rift zone, rig, Riga, rigadoon, rigamarole, rigatoni

How to use rift zone in a sentence

These rift zones are where new land is created as magma bubbles up to the surface and cools off, forming basalt rocks.
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Strong currents and winds, however, mean any debris could be drifting up to 31 miles a day eastward, away from the impact zone.
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For instance, Best Buy has over 40 million members in its customer loyalty program, Reward Zone.
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By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.
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Her mother made demands about a big ceremony and caused a rift between them.
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The rift put Washington at odds with countries like Brazil, Uruguay or Chile, which seemed to have come to terms with their past.
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Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
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When well stained, a delicate hyaline peripheral zone can be distinguished.
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A plaque upon a red corpuscle is surrounded by a colorless zone rather than by a distinct blue body.
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It was of a cylindrical shape, having a deep zone at the equator, and a containing capacity of about 300 feet.
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We there meet with the fruits of the torrid zone, and near them the apple and the peach of Europe.
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