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Types of Volcanoes

By Janice VanCleave

The volcano, Paracutin erupting in 1946

A volcano is the mountain or hill formed by the accumulation of materials erupted through one or more openings in the Earth’s surface. The pipe-like openings that connect the volcano’s crater (depression at the top) to the magma chamber (pool of molten rock deep within the Earth) are called volcanic vents. Volcanoes form because heat […]

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