caldera
IPA: kæɫdˈɛrʌ
noun
- (volcanology) A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
- A city, port, and commune in Copiapó province, Atacama region, northern Chile.
- A corregimiento in Boquete district, Chiriquí province, Panama.
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Examples of "caldera" in Sentences
- Caldera structure and composition.
- The summit caldera of the volcano.
- Corregidor is a volcanic caldera in the Philippines.
- Is the caldera not the indirect result of an eruption
- At the time, the caldera was above the Yellowstone hotspot.
- That shows the infilling of the caldera by afterward activity.
- A dome of rock in the center of the caldera is a resurgent dome.
- It is interesting to note that est Thumb is a caldera within a caldera.
- The Intra Caldera Assemblage is best exposed on the north edge of the caldera.
- Much more accessible is the hike to the lake within the caldera of the mountain.