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| Jura Alps & Rhone Rift Valley: Lac Leman or Lake Geneva lies within an arcuate valley in the Jura Alps, and the city of Geneva is at the western end of the lake (upper right); the border between France and Switzerland passes through the lake. The Jura and other Alpine mountain belts of Europe began to be uplifted about 60 million years ago as the African continent collided with Eurasia. The folds created during that event were later (~23 million years ago) crosscut by faults of the Rhone rift, which dropped the present broad valley (graben) down. The course of the Rhone River through southern France is influenced by north-trending faults of the rift system, as can be seen at lower left-center. Grenoble is at the southern corner of the U-shaped valley complex, just west of the snowy peaks at lower right. For an excellent stereo pair of this area, see STS101-716-16 and STS101-716-16. |
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