Briefly describe the process of continental rifting. Name a location where it is occurring today

What will be an ideal response?


Continental rifting is a divergent margin forming in continental crust. The landmass splits by divergent plate movements pulling the lithosphere apart, resulting in the formation of an ocean basin within the split crust.

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