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Natural & Human Created Hazard like floods, droughts, wildland fires, weather phenomena, landslides are called
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Hydrometeorological Hazards
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Type of collision forms continent volcanic arc of stratovolcanoes
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Ocean-Continent
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General KnowledgeQuestion
Basalt lava with a ropy or smooth top
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Pahoehoe Flow
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General KnowledgeQuestion
Magma that flows out onto the ground surface
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Lava
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Fragmental material blown out of a volcano (ex. tephra, cinders, and bombs)
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Pyroclastic
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General KnowledgeQuestion
The height to which a tsunami wave rushes up onshore
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Run-up height
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General KnowledgeQuestion
A particle of volcanic ash between 2mm and 6mm across
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Lapilli
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Rigid outer rind of Earth approximately 60-100km thick
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Lithosphere
Rigid outer rind of Earth approximately 60-100km thick Read More »
General KnowledgeQuestion
Type of collision that forms oceanic island arc of basaltic volcanoes
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Ocean-Ocean
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Maximum angle of which sediment particles can stand without falling (dependent on grain size, grain angularity, moisture content)
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Critical Angle of Repose
