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the rift valley along mohns ridge is located between greenland and norway. this rift valley began to form 55 million years ago at the slow - moving divergent boundary between the north american plate and the eurasian plate.
the rift valley is about 1 to 2 kilometers deeper than the ridge. it contains several volcanoes and hydrothermal vents, which are places where hot water rises from cracks in earths crust. the rift valley along mohns ridge contains the northernmost hydrothermal vents that have been explored by humans!
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the rift valley along mohns ridge is the result of the eurasian plate and the north american plate ______ each other.
moving toward sliding past moving away from
The passage states the rift valley formed at a slow-moving divergent boundary between the North American and Eurasian Plates. Divergent plate boundaries are defined by tectonic plates moving away from one another.
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