Iceland - Living on plate margin
- Created by: amtani20
- Created on: 04-02-18 09:04
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- Iceland
- Facts
- On the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- Eruptions occur average every five years
- >320,000 live there and 1M visit annually
- Naturally occuring hot water
- Comes through cracks caused by earthquake
- Used in swimming pools
- Used to heat greenhouse
- Provides heat and hot water to 90% of buildings
- Comes through cracks caused by earthquake
- Volcanic rock used for construction
- Roads
- Buildings
- Dramatic landscape with waterfalls, volcanoes and glaciers
- Tourism that provides jobws
- Thousand of tourists after Eyjafjallajokull 2010 eruption
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