rift lake
C2872
concept
A rift lake is a long, narrow, and often deep lake formed within a tectonic rift valley where Earth’s crust is being pulled apart.
Aliases (4)
- tectonic lake ×2
- arm of a lake ×1
- mountain lake ×1
- rift valley lake ×1
Instances (10)
- Salton Sea
- Lake Tanganyika
- Georgian Bay ("arm of a lake")
- Lake Huron
- Issyk-Kul ("mountain lake")
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Albert
- Lake Turkana ("rift valley lake")
- Lake Ohrid ("tectonic lake")
- Lake Prespa ("tectonic lake")