The greatest concentration of volcanoes is located in the circum pacific region, known as pacific ring of fire. Examine why and also explain features of these volcanoes.
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The Pacific "Ring of Fire" is a string of volcanoes and sites located on most of the Earth's subduction zones having high seismic activity, or earthquakes, around the edges of the Pacific Ocean. Roughly 90% of all earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
The Pacific Plate hits other plates nearby and that causes them to sink because of O-O or O-C convergence. The crust melts producing the magma that feeds the different volcanoes in the Pacific Ring of Fire or it will help produce new volcanoes. The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics. Most tectonic activity in the Ring of Fire occurs in these geologically active zones.
It is believed that the Pacific Ring of Fire has a total of 452 volcanoes. Most of the active volcanoes on The Ring of Fire are found on its western edge, from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, through the islands of Japan and Southeast Asia, to New Zealand.
Vital volcanoes are Mt Fuji in Japan, Mt. Saint Helens and Mt. Rainier in the American North West, Krakatoa in Indonesia, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, Galeras in Colombia and Sangay in Ecuador. These volcanoes are well known and some those could be very dangerous because of their activeness, icy caps and highly populated areas around them with some famous tourist spots.