Rift lake
tectonic origin
A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental crust.wikipedia


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Rift
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A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental crust.
Where rifts remain above sea level they form a rift valley, which may be filled by water forming a rift lake.



Lake
lacustrinefreshwater lakenatural freshwater lake
A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental crust.
Some of the well-known and largest lakes on Earth are rift lakes occupying rift valleys, e.g. Central African Rift lakes and Lake Baikal.









Lake Baikal
BaikalBaikal LakeLake Baykal
Lake Baikal (, Baigal nuur; Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur, etymologically meaning, in Mongolian, "the Nature Lake") is a rift lake located in southern Siberia, Russia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast.









Lake Hazar
Hazar Gölü
Lake Hazar (Hazar Gölü, Ծովք լիճ, Covk‘ lič), is a rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, 22 km southeast of Elazig, notable as the source of the Tigris.

Salton Sea
Salton Sea Test BaseSalton Sea, CaliforniaSalton Sink
The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault, predominantly in the U.S. state of California's Imperial and Coachella valleys.









Lake Tanganyika
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It is the largest rift lake in Africa and the second-largest lake by volume in the world.









Lake Khövsgöl
Khövsgöl NuurKhuvsgulKhövsgöl Lake





Lake Vostok
Vostokburied lakes of AntarcticaVostok Lake





Fault (geology)
faultfaultsstrike-slip
A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental crust.









Extensional tectonics
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A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental crust.
Continental crust
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A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental crust.


Rift valley
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They are often found within rift valleys and may be very deep.




Cliff
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Rift lakes may be bounded by large steep cliffs along the fault margins.









Siberia
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Hungary
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Dead Sea
The Dead SeaSalt SeaDead Sea Panorama Complex









Israel
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State of Palestine
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Jordan
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Dead Sea Transform
Dead Sea RiftDead Sea Transform (DST) fault systemDead Sea


Lake Elsinore
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