Lava flows
Title: Lava flows
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 534 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lava flows
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 534 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lava flows are streams of molten rock that pour or ooze from an erupting vent. Lava is erupted during either nonexplosive activity or explosive lava fountains. Lava flows destroy everything in their path, but most move slowly enough that people can move out of the way. The speed at which lava moves across the ground depends on several factors.
. type of lava erupted and its viscosity
. steepness of the ground over which it travels
. whether
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destroy buildings, agricultural crops, and homes, but the owners can usually rebuild or repair structures and their businesses in the same location. Lava flows, however, can bury homes and agricultural land under tens of meters of hardened black rock; landmarks and property lines become obscured by a vast, new hummocky landscape. People are rarely able to use land buried by lava flows or sell it for more than a small fraction of its previous worth.