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noun
- 1. a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite: "the blast left a crater in the car park"
- 2. a large bowl used in ancient Greece for mixing wine.
verb
- 1. form a crater in (the ground or a planet): "pilots returned to the airfields to crater the runways"
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1 day ago · Sabancaya volcano erupting, Peru in 2017 A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. The process that forms volcanoes is called volcanism. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and because most of Earth's plate ...
6 days ago · Volcano - Calderas, Magma, Eruptions: Most calderas—large circular or oval depressions more than 1 km (0.6 mile) in diameter—have been formed by inward collapse of landforms after large amounts of magma have been expelled from underground. Many are surrounded by steep cliffs, and some are filled with lakes. The terms crater and caldera are often used synonymously, but calderas are larger ...
6 days ago · volcano, vent in the crust of Earth or another planet or satellite, from which issue eruptions of molten rock, hot rock fragments, and hot gases. A volcanic eruption is an awesome display of Earth’s power. Yet, while eruptions are spectacular to watch, they can cause disastrous loss of life and property, especially in densely populated ...
Jul 17, 2024 · volcanic crater: 1 n a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano Synonyms: crater Types: caldera a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression maar a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water Type of: formation , geological formation ...
1 day ago · N. nadir. narrows. Also narrow. A land or water passage that is confined or restricted by its narrow breadth, often a strait or a water gap. nation. A stable community of people formed on the basis of a common geographic territory, language, economy, ethnicity, or psychological make-up as manifested in a common culture. national mapping agency.
Jul 26, 2024 · Crater Lake, deep, clear, intensely blue lake located within a volcanic caldera in the Cascade Range in southwestern Oregon. It is the deepest lake in the United States. The lake and its surrounding region became Crater Lake National Park in 1902, with an area of 286 square miles (741 square km).
2 days ago · See also volcanic crater. A topographic map of Ngorongoro Crater in northern Tanzania, the world's largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera, which formed when an immense volcano erupted and collapsed on itself 2–3 million years ago. The floor of the caldera is 600 metres (2,000 ft) below its rim and covers more than 260 square ...
