lava field

Cooled magma terrain

A lava field is an expanse of solidified volcanic rock, formed when lava flows cool and harden across a landscape.

These terrain features range from smooth, ropy surfaces to jagged, broken expanses depending on how the lava cooled.

The hikers crossed miles of barren lava field.

Some lava fields are ancient; others still steam.

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aa · molten rock · magma · lichens · eruption · obsidian · scoria · pioneer species · igneous rock · fissure · mosses · pumice · andesite · crust · scorched · crater · black · flow

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geological formation type

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Productive land between heights

rainforest · farmland · oasis · river delta · grassland

landscape vitality

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Wet tropical woodland ecosystem

jungle · meadow · garden · oasis · old-growth forest

temperature association

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Slow-moving ice mass

ice field · ice sheet · tundra · permafrost · snowfield

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