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Rift zone

A rift zone is an elongate system of crustal fractures associated with an area that has undergone extension (ground has spread apart).

Aerial view of the northeast rift zone of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii. Dark lava flows spread away from the rift zone. Photo: © J.P. Lockwood (1975)