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Recent Examples of rift valleyThere is a rift valley on the Rio Grande in the desert of New Mexico where an award-winning home sits.—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Valles Marineris is thought to be a rift valley, formed by uplift when hot material from the Mars's mantle bubbled up and stretched the planet's crust.—Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2010 Rather than having a central volcano, the Reykjanes Peninsula is dominated by a rift valley with lava fields and cones.—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 Rather than having a central volcano, the Reykjanes Peninsula is dominated by a rift valley, with lava fields and cones.—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024 Baringo is a county based within Kenya’s rift valley, which, according to Buret, experiences unnoticeable tectonic earth movement daily.—Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2023 Fontana is a geothermal spa with a beautiful pool overlooking þingvallavatn, a rift valley lake in þingvellir National Park (which is also home to famous sites like the Gullfoss waterfall and Geysir geothermal area).—Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2022 Rotorua draws tourists to its famous hot springs, but for visitors who prefer science to spas, the nearby volcanic rift valley Waimangu (www.waimangu.co.nz) is a must.—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2014 Because of its location, the lake bed sits upon a rift valley and thus is slowly being pulled apart.—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 15 Feb. 2022
The indoor-outdoor flow and natural materials will nod to the surroundings, while a central lodge with 360 canyon views will act as a communal gathering space.
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Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
The Gulf would become a shipping channel, with 900-foot tankers traversing its narrow deep-water canyons that great whales and other marine species have evolved over millions of years to depend on for food, communication, mating, shelter and safe passage.
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Joel Reynolds,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
This scenic gorge captivates in winter, when water rushing over the vertical cliff walls freezes into a silent, crystal cathedral of blue-and-white icicles.
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Lisa Kadane,
AFAR Media,
1 Apr. 2025
Visitors can get a great tour of the park via the 83-mile scenic drive that offers stunning views of the river and its gorge around every twist and turn of the three-hour journey.
The gulch is in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
16 Apr. 2025
Press releases from the attorneys general emphasize the gulch between the leaders, a microcosm of their significantly different approaches to running the agency.
If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and cover your head, or leave your vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.
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STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
Four people were killed and another was severely injured on Thursday when their cable car crashed into a ravine in Italy.
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David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
Multiple rooms in the house also feature floor-to-ceiling windows, giving sweeping views of the rolling mountains and valleys.
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Angel Saunders,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Between 24 and seven million years ago, shifting tectonic plates caused to alps to rise up and caused the collapse of the valley floor, allowing water from the Mediterranean to enter.
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Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
Researchers narrowed in on a specific gully in the gorge after first finding hominin teeth on the surface during a field survey between 2010 and 2011, which Njao helped lead with Robert Blumenschine, professor emeritus of evolutionary anthropology at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
Accustomed to flying in the gullies and canyons of Los Angeles County, the pilots understood what this meant.
In terms of materials, Brown describes their creation as a result of her early success, pointing to 2002’s Figures in a Landscape 2, her six-foot by almost seven-foot painting that sends you back to one of Fragonard’s forest glens, with the female in the gaze of the lurking male.
Families who lose a loved one are prone to mental health deficits such as depression, PTSD, and anxiety, compounded by feelings of guilt, self-blame, shame, and condemnation, often resulting in social isolation.
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William Mullane,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
This number will go up, more children will struggle—depression, hunger and more parts of their lives will spiral out of control.
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