Rhine Graben

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geological structure rift valley tectonic graben

The Rhine Graben is a major rift valley in western Europe forming part of the European Cenozoic Rift System, lying between the Vosges in France and the Black Forest in Germany.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Upper Rhine Graben 3
Rhine Graben canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological structure ⓘ
rift valley ⓘ
tectonic graben ⓘ
boundedBy Black Forest ⓘ
Vosges Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Vosges
countryBorderRegionOf France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
extendsFrom Basel-Stadt ⓘ
surface form: Basel
extendsTo Rhine-Main metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form: Frankfurt region
followsCourseOf Upper Rhine ⓘ
formedDuring Cenozoic ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Rhine Graben ⓘ
surface form: Upper Rhine Graben
hasClimateInRegion temperate ⓘ
hasEconomicResource geothermal energy ⓘ
hydrocarbon reservoirs ⓘ
potash deposits ⓘ
rock salt deposits ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature normal faults ⓘ
rift-related volcanism ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
hasMajorCityInRegion Basel-Stadt ⓘ
surface form: Basel

Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ
Heidelberg ⓘ
Karlsruhe ⓘ
Mannheim ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
hasMorphology elongated subsiding basin ⓘ
hasOrientation north–south ⓘ
hasSedimentaryFillAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
Paleozoic basement beneath ⓘ
hasSeismicActivity moderate ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting extensional tectonic regime ⓘ
influences Upper Rhine Plain ⓘ
isExampleOf intraplate rift ⓘ
isStudiedInField petroleum geology ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
namedAfter Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
partOf European Cenozoic Rift System ⓘ
separates Black Forest ⓘ
Vosges Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Vosges

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vosges Mountains → runsParallelTo → Rhine Graben ⓘ
Upper Rhine Plain → contains → Rhine Graben ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Rhine Graben
Rhine Graben → hasAlternativeName → Rhine Graben ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Rhine Graben
Rhine Rift Valley → contains → Rhine Graben ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Rhine Graben