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Question
Distinguish between the following pair of terms associated with vulcanicity:
Crater and Caldera
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Solution 1
| Crater | Caldera |
| The crater is the mouth of a volcano at the top of the vent with a normal outlet. | Caldera is a very large mouth of a volcano which is quite spacious due to the big amount and thrust of the eruption. |
Solution 2
Crater and Caldera: Crater forms the summit and Caldera the enlarged mouth or the sunken crater at the center of a volcano. When water accumulates in a crater it forms a crater lake and in a caldera a lake like Taba lake of Sumatra. A crater is formed as a result of the overflow of lava and calera as a result of subsidence.
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