caldera
pronunciation
How to pronounce caldera in British English:
UK [kɒlˈdeərə]
How to pronounce caldera in American English:
US [kɒlˈdɪərə]
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- Noun:
- a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
Word Origin
- caldera (n.)
- "cavity on the summit of a volcano," 1865, from Spanish caldera "cauldron, kettle," from Latin caldarium, caldarius "pertaining to warming," from calidus "warm, hot" (see calorie).
Example
- 1. The lodgepole pines that dominate the park 's forests are adapted to growing in nutrient-poor soils , like those in the yellowstone caldera .
- 2. Later , two smaller eruptive cycles , the last one ending about 70000 years ago , buried much of the caldera under thick lava flows .
- 3. Among these is toba caldera , the site of the largest eruption in the past 2.5 million years .
- 4. A cold-water caldera lake occupies the western half of the summit
- 5. Yellowstone lake is one of the largest high-altitude lakes in north america and is centered over the yellowstone caldera , the largest supervolcano on the continent .