Which feature do you usually see when tectonic plates move apart.

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Kaleb Richard

25 May, 17:30

Which feature do you usually see when tectonic plates move apart.

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Liliana Ayers · Answer 1

When tectonic plates move apart, or diverge, you usually get rifts, which eventually become rift valleys. Most of the active divergent boundaries are with oceanic plates, leading to mid-oceanic ridges such as the mid Atlantic ridge, which is part of the longest mountain range on the planet.