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← 4.2 Internal Land Forming Processes

Block mountains and other features of faulting

Social Studies · Grade 9 · about 40 minutes

Horsts, tilted blocks, escarpments and rift lakes, with East African examples.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Earth movements: types and causes
  2. The theory of continental drift
  3. The theory of plate tectonics
  4. Faulting and types of faults
  5. How a rift valley forms
  6. Block mountains and other features of faulting
  7. Effects of faulting on human activities
  8. Locating features of faulting and preparing for disasters