Water that seeps out of the top of the tank is particularly ominous. If you fear a leak as soon as you begin to use your new gas heater, donât panic. The first time a gas heater starts up, it will produce condensation. That is the reason for the dripping sound, and perhaps a tiny puddle.
Rift valleys can be very deep, and both such valleys known to exist in continental areas on Earth, the East African Rift and the Siberian Baikal Rift, have large, deep lakes in them. As the walls of a rift valley are pulled apart, the floor of the valley tends to sink. If this subsidence happens faster than erosion from the walls can fill it in with sediment, the floor of the valley continues to fall relative to the surrounding terrain.
The Jordan Rift Valley, also called the Syro-African Depression, is an elongated depression located in modern-day Israel, Jordan, and Palestine. This geographic region includes the entire length of the Jordan River â from its sources, through the Hula Valley, the Korazim block, the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan Valley, all the way to the Dead Sea, the lowest land elevation on Earth â and then continues through the Arabah depression, the Gulf of Aqaba whose shorelines it incorporates, until ...