noun
- plural of graben; elongated blocks of land that have dropped down between parallel faults
Usage: geology
Examples
- The East African Rift System contains several major grabens.
- Geologists studied the formation of grabens in the region.
- The valley was formed by a series of grabens over millions of years.
- Oil deposits are often found in sedimentary rocks within grabens.
- The Rhine Graben is one of Europe’s most prominent grabens.
- Seismic activity is common along the fault lines that border grabens.