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Geological Formation

Upper Rhine Plain

Structural and Tectonic Formations

The Upper Rhine Plain, also called the Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben, is a major rift about 350 kilometers long and 50 kilometers wide on average, running from Basel in the south to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden in the north, with its southern section straddling the France-Germany border. It forms part of the European Cenozoic Rift System across Central Europe, having formed during the Oligocene in response to the rise of the Alps to the south, and it remains active today as a downfaulted trough through which the Rhine flows.

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Associated With

Oligocene, Eras
Source Upper Rhine Plain (Wikipedia)

Caused By

Rifting, Processes
Source Upper Rhine Plain (Wikipedia)

In Discipline

Geomorphology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 (Q193071) mapped to discipline Geomorphology via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Upper Rhine Graben
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France

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Source Wikidata: Upper Rhine Graben
Germany

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Source Wikidata: Upper Rhine Graben
Switzerland

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Source Wikidata: Upper Rhine Graben
Sources
Upper Rhine Plain (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French: Vallée du Rhin) is a major rift, about 350-kilometre-long (220 mi) and on average 50-kilometre-wide (31 mi), between Basel in the south and the cities of...
  • Associated With: Oligocene, Lead paragraph
    The Upper Rhine Graben formed during the Oligocene, as a response to the evolution of the Alps to the south.
  • Associated With: Oligocene, Lead, age Oligocene
    The Upper Rhine Graben formed during the Oligocene, as a response to the evolution of the Alps to the south.
  • Caused By: Rifting, Lead, process Rifting
    It forms part of the European Cenozoic Rift System, which extends across Central Europe.
  • Caused By: Rifting, Lead paragraph
    The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French: Vallée du Rhin) is a major rift, about 350-kilometre-long (220 mi) and on average 50-kilometre-wide (31 mi), between Basel in the south and the citie
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Wikidata: Upper Rhine Graben
Wikidata Q22964, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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