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Conservative zones/Transform faults

A conservative margin. Image by Expediatearcade. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Plate Tectonics: Transform Zones

At constructive zones plates slide sideways past each other.
In opposite directions in a tear or shear fashion.
At these margins lithosphere (land/oceanic crust) is neither created nor destroyed
That is neither plate is […]

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:31:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Landform Studies, Notes, O Level Geography|

The Great African Rift Valley. Image by Mamonthsafaris. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Landfroms resulting from faulting.

Major landforms that result from faulting include:

1. Block Mountains The formation of block-mountains (Horst). Image by WikiComons

Yosemite Mountains and Valley. Image by Mountainprofessor. ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Advantages of Rift Valleys and Block Mountains

Advantages of block mountains

Relief rainfall is common raising the amount of annual precipitation within the vicinity of such mountains.
They have a cooler environments which invigorating tends to […]