Geography key terms

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Created on: 04-11-21 12:48

Tall slim volcano
E.G mount Fuji, mount rainier

composite (strato) Volcano

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Basaltic magma, which is high in temperature, very low on silica and with low gas content. ...
Basic lava, which is non-acidic and very runny.
Gentle sides as the lava flows for long distances before it solidifies.
No layers, as the volcano just consists

shield volcano

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They are built from particles and blobs of congealed lava ejected from a single vent. As the gas-charged lava is blown violently into the air, it breaks into small fragments that solidify and fall as cinders around the vent to form a circular or oval cone

spatter cone volcano

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process through which cities grow, and higher and higher percentages of the population comes to live in the city.

Urbanistion

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A threat (whether natural or human) that has the potential to cause loss of life, injury, property damage, socio-economic disruption or environmental

Hazard risk

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an elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion.

seismic waves

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an area on Earth over a mantle plume or an area under the rocky outer layer of Earth, called the crust, where magma is hotter than surrounding magma. The magma plume causes melting and thinning of the rocky crust and widespread volcanic activity

hotspot

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