OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18680

caldera

/kælˈdɛə.ɹə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caldera
A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.
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