CALDERA


Meaning of CALDERA in English

kalˈderə, -dirə noun

( -s )

Etymology: Spanish, literally, caldron, from Late Latin caldaria

: a crater whose diameter is many times that of the volcanic vent because of the collapse or subsidence of the central part of a volcano or because of explosions of extraordinary violence

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