Consider the following statements:

Baikal rift valley is formed by a divergent plate boundary.

Rio Grande rift is along faults in the Southwestern United States.

Great rift valley stretches from the Middle East in the north to Mozambique in the south.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

The Baikal Rift Valley is formed by a divergent plate boundary, where the Amur plate is slowly tearing itself away from the Eurasian plate, and has been doing so for about 25 million years.
The Amur plate is moving eastward at a rate of about 4 to 5 millimeters (.16 to .2 inch) a year.
The West Antarctic Rift is a series of smaller rifts that roughly separate the two regions of Earth’s southernmost continent, West Antarctica and East Antarctica.
The Rio Grande Rift is a series of rift valleys along faults in the Southwestern United States. The Rio Grande Rift separates the Colorado Plateau, which is generally moving in a clockwise direction, from the older part (craton) of the North American plate. The Rio Grande Rift stretches from central Colorado to the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
Great Rift Valley stretches from the Middle East in the north to Mozambique in the south.

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The Baikal Rift Valley is formed by a divergent plate boundary, where the Amur plate is slowly tearing itself away from the Eurasian plate, and has been doing so for about 25 million years.
The Amur plate is moving eastward at a rate of about 4 to 5 millimeters (.16 to .2 inch) a year.
The West Antarctic Rift is a series of smaller rifts that roughly separate the two regions of Earth’s southernmost continent, West Antarctica and East Antarctica.
The Rio Grande Rift is a series of rift valleys along faults in the Southwestern United States. The Rio Grande Rift separates the Colorado Plateau, which is generally moving in a clockwise direction, from the older part (craton) of the North American plate. The Rio Grande Rift stretches from central Colorado to the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
Great Rift Valley stretches from the Middle East in the north to Mozambique in the south.

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