volcanic eruptions
Mountains spewing lava
Volcanic eruptions are explosive or effusive releases of magma, gas, and ash from a volcano.
Eruptions range from gentle lava flows to catastrophic explosions that reshape landscapes and affect global climate.
The verb erupt captures the sudden, violent emergence: The volcano erupted without warning.
Figuratively, anything that bursts forth suddenly erupts: Violence erupted in the streets.
- lavaErupted liquid stone
- lava flowMoving volcanic discharge
- earthquakesSudden ground movement
- tsunamisEarthquake-generated ocean waves
- magmaMolten rock underground
molten rock · ash · ash cloud · calderas · lahars · acid rain · pyroclastic flows · tephra · Mount Vesuvius · fire and brimstone · subduction zones · obsidian · fissures · scoria · cultural myths · basalt · rhyolite · pumice
- Azores historyHenry the Navigator, whaling industry, tea plantations, thermal springs, colonial governors
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- Natural Processesphotosynthesis, decomposition, evaporation, erosion, carbon cycle
- volcanoesMount Fuji, caldera, lava, crater, Etna
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- IcelandReykjavik, volcanoes, geyser, geysers, hot spring
volcanic eruptionserosion
Gradual wearing away
weathering · glacial erosion · denudation · subsidence · subduction
volcanic eruptionsglaciation
Ice sheet spreading process
ice ages · permafrost · glaciers · deep freeze · glacial periods