Rhine Rift Valley

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geological rift graben rift valley tectonic structure

The Rhine Rift Valley is a major geological rift and fertile lowland in Central Europe, stretching primarily through southwest Germany and eastern France along the Upper Rhine River.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Rhine Valley 9
Rhine Rift Valley canonical 5
Rhine valley 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological rift ⓘ
graben ⓘ
rift valley ⓘ
tectonic structure ⓘ
associatedWith geothermal resources ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
boundedBy Black Forest ⓘ
Odenwald ⓘ
Palatinate Forest ⓘ
Vosges Mountains ⓘ
characterizedBy crustal extension ⓘ
normal faulting ⓘ
subsidence ⓘ
climateInfluence relatively mild climate compared to surroundings ⓘ
contains Alsace plain ⓘ
surface form: Colmar Plain

Kaiserstuhl volcanic complex vicinity ⓘ
Rhine Graben ⓘ
surface form: Upper Rhine Graben

Upper Rhine Plain ⓘ
countryBorderRegionOf France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
crossedBy Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
developedFrom Alpine orogeny-related tectonics ⓘ
extendsThrough eastern France ⓘ
southwestern Germany ⓘ
surface form: southwest Germany
follows Upper Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Upper Rhine River
formationStarted Paleogene ⓘ
surface form: Paleogene Period
formedDuring Cenozoic ⓘ
surface form: Cenozoic Era
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance industrial region ⓘ
transport corridor ⓘ
hasFeature broad lowland plain ⓘ
fertile alluvial soils ⓘ
hasMajorCities Basel-Stadt ⓘ
surface form: Basel

Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ
Karlsruhe ⓘ
Mannheim ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
partOf European Cenozoic Rift System ⓘ
separates Vosges Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Vosges Mountains and Black Forest
usedFor intensive agriculture ⓘ
urban settlement ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Belchen → viewpointFor → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
Odenwald → borderedBy → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
southwestern Germany → contains → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern Germany
Schaan → locatedIn → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alpine Rhine Valley
Ruggeller Riet → locatedIn → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Valley
Bundesstraße 3 → follows → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
A13 motorway (Switzerland) → runsAlong → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Valley
A13 motorway (Switzerland) → locatedIn → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Valley
Freiburg im Breisgau → near → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Valley
Andernach → hasRiverFeature → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine valley
Haldenstein → locatedIn → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Valley
Pratteln → locatedOn → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Valley
Grand Ballon → offersViewOver → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine valley
Wildhaus Pass → connectsValley → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Valley
Gams → locatedIn → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Valley
Sennwald → locatedInRegion → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine Valley
Campus d’Illkirch → near → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine valley
European Cenozoic Rift System → hasPart → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Rhine Graben
Dürkheim, Palatinate, German Empire → locatedInRegion → Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ