Give an example of each of
in South America:
(a) an active volcano
Answers
Explanation:
Maipo Volcano, Spanish Volcán Maipo, volcanic peak in the Central Andes Mountains of South America. It rises to an elevation of 17,270 feet (5,264 metres) on the Chile-Argentina border, 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Santiago, Chile. It is one of the most active of the border volcanoes.
Explanation:
The volcanoes of South America are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Most of them are along the backbone of the Andes.
The Andes, together with the volcanoes, has been produced by the movement of the Americas towards the west. This has been happening for a long time, certainly 60 million years or more. This continental drift leads to subduction of oceanic plates beneath the continental plates of the land mass. In turn, this produced the mountain ranges (orogeny) and the volcanic activity. KSi visited south Columbia volcano A rather different cause is at work on the Galápagos Islands. There, a hotspot under the plate caused the islands and their volcanoes to rise up from the sea floor.