SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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lowlands that are prone to flooding
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mountainous with active volcanoes
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in the path of El Niño
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covered by deciduous forest
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plate Boundaries The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics. Tectonic plates are huge slabs of the Earth’s crust, which fit together like pieces of a puzzle. The plates are not fixed but are constantly moving atop a layer of solid and molten rock called the mantle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most earthquakes and volcanic eruptions do not strike randomly but occur in specific areas, such as along plate boundaries. One such area is the circum-Pacific Ring of Fire, where the Pacific Plate meets many surrounding tectonic plates.
Detailed explanation-3: -The volcanoes of the High Cascades, with familiar names such as Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, and Medicine Lake, are part of the Ring of Fire and have been volcanically active for the past 12 to 13 million years.