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The drainage basin for Blue Lake has very steep, forested slopes and is mostly part of the explosion crater left by the volcano's eruption. The volcano lies within the Metolius River basin, which supports a wide array of plant life, large and small mammals , and more than 80 bird species.
Blue Lake / Warwar (The Blue Lake) is a large, monomictic, crater lake located in a dormant volcanic maar associated with the Mount Gambier maar complex. The lake is situated near Mount Gambier in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia , and is one of four volcanic crater lakes originally on Mount Gambier maar.
Crater Lake (Klamath: Giiwas) [2] is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States.It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is a tourist attraction for its deep blue color and water clarity.
Brownes Lake, c. 1936 Mount Gambier is one of Australia's youngest volcanoes, but estimates of the age have ranged from over 28,000 to less than 4,300. [1] The most recent estimate, based on radiocarbon dating of plant fibres in the main crater suggests an eruption a little before 6000 years ago.
The lake is situated within the caldera of the Sete Cidades Massif, an ancient volcano built on various layers of ash, pyroclasts and trachyte and basaltic lavas.It is a stratovolcano constructed from alternating phases of explosive and effusive ejecta, from dominantly basaltic pre-caldera eruptions, a trachytic caldera-forming stage and a post-caldera stage consisting of alternating trachytic ...
The crater lake of Mount Rinjani, Indonesia Lake Yeak Laom, Cambodia Baengnokdam crater lake of Hanla Mountain in winter, South Korea A volcanic crater lake is a lake in a crater that was formed by explosive activity or a collapse during a volcanic eruption .
From the spectacular Northern Lights to the stunning waters of Blue Lagoon, ... Smoke billows from Grindavik crater as rescue underway for fear of volcano eruption. Monday 27 November 2023 02:30, ...
In some crater areas it is finer ash that has become moist and compacted. Tongariro Alpine Crossing from Central Crater in summer In August 2012 a small eruption of 10,000 cubic metres of ash from the Te Maari (sometimes spelled Te Māri or Te Mari) craters on Mt Tongariro sent a shower of ash and blocks up to 1m in diameter over the track.