plates moving away from one another
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Type: Glossary
volcanic cone that forms a narrow, high mountain with successive layers of viscous lava; the...
Type: Glossary
a volcano that has not erupted for some time, but there is a possibility that it may still erupt...
Type: Glossary
pattern made by the way in which tributaries join the main stream
Type: Glossary
when the total rainfall in a year falls below 75% of the annual average
Type: Glossary
a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock;...
Type: Glossary
pressure that is due either to the convergence and rising of air, or to the subsidence of air...
Type: Glossary
an imaginary line extending between the north pole and the south pole