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calderas

calderas is the plural of caldera.

Meaning of caldera

Noun

caldera (plural calderas)

  1. A 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

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Questions about calderas

What is calderas the plural of?
Calderas is the plural of caldera.

Words near calderas in the dictionary

  1. Calder
  2. Calder Grove
  3. Calder Park
  4. Calder Valley
  5. caldera
  6. calderas
  7. Calderbrook
  8. Caldercruix
  9. Calderdale
  10. caldereta
  11. Calderin

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