volcanic lakes
Magma-heated mountain pools
Volcanic lakes form in craters, calderas, or other depressions created by volcanic activity.
The water may come from rainfall, groundwater, or melting snow accumulating where eruptions once occurred.
Some volcanic lakes are acidic or thermally heated by underlying magma: The volcanic lake's turquoise color comes from dissolved minerals.
Crater Lake in Oregon is among the most famous examples.
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- ring of firePacific seismic belt
- tectonic plateRigid crustal segment that drifts
- calderaCollapsed volcanic summit basin
ash · fumarole · carbon dioxide · hydrothermal · water temperature · sulfur · lava flow · sulfuric acid · geothermal energy · ecotourism · lava · stratification · emerald green · hazardous · rim · turquoise · basin · hot springs
- Eifel Region
- water bodiessea, lakes, rivers, streams, stream
- lakesGreat Lakes, Superior, Erie, Michigan, Ontario
- volcanicslava, magma, volcanoes, eruptions, lava flows
- Central MexicoMexico City, Guadalajara, Puebla, Guanajuato, Zacatecas
- Sundanesetea plantations, rice terraces
water body type and scale
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Flowing bodies of water
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