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71Rift Baïkal — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Baikal. Le rift Baïkal est une zone de divergence des masses continentales (rift) située sur l emplacement du lac Baïkal dans le sud est de la Sibérie en Russie. La création du rift Baïkal découle des… …
72Rift Valley fever — noun an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals • Hypernyms: ↑hemorrhagic fever, ↑haemorrhagic fever, ↑viral hemorrhagic fever, ↑viral haemorrhagic fever, ↑VHF * * *… …
73rift-sawed — adjective or rift sawn ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: rift (I) + sawed or sawn 1. : sawed radially from the log so as to have the annual rings perpendicular or nearly so to the face 2. : quartersawed * * * …
74Rift zone — A rift zone is a feature of some volcanoes, especially the shield volcanoes of Hawaii, in which a linear series of fissures in the volcanic edifice allows lava to be erupted from the volcano s flank instead of from its summit. For example, in the …
75Rift Valley fever — An acute, fever causing viral disease that affects domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and camels) and humans that is most commonly associated with mosquito borne epidemics during years of heavy rainfall. Rift Valley fever is …
76rift valley — noun a valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth s crust • Hypernyms: ↑valley, ↑vale • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Great Rift Valley * * * noun, pl ⋯ leys [count] geology : a long, steep valley formed when two parallel rifts form in the… …
77Rift.Canyon.Dreams — Infobox Album Name = Rift.Canyon.Dreams Type = EP Artist = Burning Witch Released = 1998 Recorded = 1997 Genre = Doom metal Length = 35:05 Label = Merciless Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Towers... (1998) This album =… …
78Rift océanique — Dorsale (géologie) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Dorsale. Les dorsales océaniques sont représentées par une ligne rouge. En …
79Rift d'Oslo — Le rift d Oslo ou graben d Oslo est un graben situé autour d Oslo en Norvège. Ce graben a été formé par un rifting ayant débuté il y a un peu plus de 300 Ma, et achevé environ 65 Ma plus tard. Le rifting fut accompagné de volcanisme d… …
80rift zone — USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A rift zone is an elongate system of crustal fractures associated with an area that has undergone extension (ground has spread apart). On the great shield volcanoes in Hawai i, a rift zone consists of many… …
