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caldera
UK/kælˈdɛə.ɹə/UK/ˈkɔːl.də.ɹə/US/kælˈdɛɹ.ə/
noun
What it means
- geographyA large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.
2000, Tony Waltham, “Geyser watching”, in Geology Today, volume 16, Iss. 3, p. 99
In a sentence
The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.
2000, Tony Waltham, “Geyser watching”, in Geology Today, volume 16, Iss. 3, p. 99
Where it comes from
- Latincaldārium
- Late Latincaldāria“warm bath”
- Spanishcaldera“cauldron”
- Englishcaldera
Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.
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