Upper Rhine Plain
MAJOR RIFT VALLEY IN GERMANY
Rhine rift; Rhine Rift; Rhine Graben; Rhine graben; Upper Rhine Graben; Rhine Rift Valley; Upper Rhine aquifer; Upper Rhine Valley; Rhine Plain; Palatine Rhine Plain; Rhine rift valley; Oberrheinische Tiefebene; Oberrheinisches Tiefland; Oberrheingraben; Vallée du Rhin; Rhine plain
The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French: Vallée du Rhin) is a major rift, about and on average , between Basel in the south and the cities of Frankfurt/Wiesbaden in the north. Its southern section straddles the France–Germany border.