GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

VOLCANOES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lakes that form near volcanoes considered to be ____
A
Craters
B
Conduits
C
Vents
D
Calderas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Crater lakes are volcanic lakes found in craters and calderas. Crater lakes usually form through the accumulation of rain, snow and ice melt, and groundwater in volcanic craters.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some calderas form a lake as the bowl-shaped depression fills with water. A famous example is Crater Lake, in Oregon. This caldera formed about 7, 000 years ago when a stratovolcano, Mt. Mazama, violently erupted. For several thousand years after this eruption, smaller volcanic eruptions continued inside the caldera.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct option is A Caldera lake In which state a lake of lagoon named Lonar lake, created by a meteorite, is present?

Detailed explanation-4: -Calderas are collapse features that form during large-volume volcanic eruptions when the underlying magma chamber is partially emptied and the ground above it subsides into it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Calderas form when magma chambers are partially emptied during large eruptions and the land surface subsides and the area above the shallow magma reservoir collapses.

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