rift valley

Japanese: rift valley(英語表記)riftvalley
rift valley

seachannel — A continuously sloping elongated depression in a submarine fan or abyssal plain, usually bounded on one or both sides by a dyke. median valley riftA depression in the axis of a mid-ocean ridge system. trough — Also called a trough. …

From [Basin]

...A basin with a linear foothill line bounded by a fault scarp on one side and a more sinuous foothill line on the other is a fault angle basin or tilted block basin. A long, narrow basin with a linear foothill line bounded by two parallel fault scarps is a fault trough, also called a rift valley. (3)Ausräumungsbecken (German) A basin formed by differential erosion of easily eroded rocks. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "rift valley" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… チャンネルseachannelchannel―海底扇状地または深海平原にみられる連続的に傾斜する細長い凹みで,通常片側または両側を堤防によって境されている。 中軸谷median valleyriftrift valley―中央海嶺系の軸部の凹み。 トラフtrough舟状海盆ともいう。…

【盆地】より

…一方が断層崖で直線状の山麓で,他方が屈曲の多い山麓線を示す盆地が,断層角盆地fault angle basinまたは傾動地塊盆地tilted block basinである。2本の並行する断層崖に限られ直線的な山麓線をもつ細長い盆地が,地溝盆地fault troughで,リフトバレーrift valley(裂谷)とも呼ばれる。(3)浸食盆地Ausräumungsbecken(ドイツ語) 浸食されやすい岩石が差別浸食の結果,浸食されて生じた盆地である。…

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