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Rio Grande rift
The
Rio Grande Rift
is a north-trending continental
rift
zone. It separates the
Colorado Plateau
in the west from the interior of the North American
craton
on the east. The rift extends from central
Colorado
in the north to the state of
Chihuahua
,
Mexico
in the south. The rift zone consists of four basins that have an average width of 50 kilometers. The rift can be observed on location at
Rio Grande National Forest
,
White Sands National Monument
,
Santa Fe National Forest
, and
Cibola National Forest
, among other locations.
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