Rhine Graben

E326488

The Rhine Graben is a major rift valley in western Europe forming part of the European Cenozoic Rift System, lying between the Vosges in France and the Black Forest in Germany.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Upper Rhine Graben 4
Rhine Graben canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological structure ⓘ
rift valley ⓘ
tectonic graben ⓘ
boundedBy Black Forest ⓘ
Vosges ⓘ
linked to: Vosges Mountains
countryBorderRegionOf France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
extendsFrom Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt
extendsTo Frankfurt region ⓘ
followsCourseOf Upper Rhine ⓘ
formedDuring Cenozoic ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Upper Rhine Graben ⓘ
linked to: Rhine Graben
hasClimateInRegion temperate ⓘ
hasEconomicResource geothermal energy ⓘ
hydrocarbon reservoirs ⓘ
potash deposits ⓘ
rock salt deposits ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature normal faults ⓘ
rift-related volcanism ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
hasMajorCityInRegion Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt

Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ
Heidelberg ⓘ
Karlsruhe ⓘ
Mannheim ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
hasMorphology elongated subsiding basin ⓘ
hasOrientation north–south ⓘ
hasSedimentaryFillAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
Paleozoic basement beneath ⓘ
hasSeismicActivity moderate ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting extensional tectonic regime ⓘ
influences Upper Rhine Plain ⓘ
isExampleOf intraplate rift ⓘ
isStudiedInField petroleum geology ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
namedAfter Rhine River ⓘ
linked to: Rhine
partOf European Cenozoic Rift System ⓘ
separates Black Forest ⓘ
Vosges ⓘ
linked to: Vosges Mountains

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vosges Mountains → runsParallelTo → Rhine Graben ⓘ
Upper Rhine Plain → contains → Upper Rhine Graben ⓘ
linked to: Rhine Graben
Rhine Graben → hasAlternativeName → Upper Rhine Graben ⓘ
linked to: Rhine Graben
Rhine Rift Valley → contains → Upper Rhine Graben ⓘ
linked to: Rhine Graben
Alsace plain → geologicalOrigin → Upper Rhine Graben ⓘ
linked to: Rhine Graben