Examples of caldera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web During the growing season, cooling fog and marine breezes from nearby San Pablo Bay swirl into the caldera, with the fog burning off late, keeping temperatures often 10 or more degrees cooler than AVAs to the north. — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 29 May 2022 Tucked east of the town of Napa itself, in the southern reaches of Napa Valley, Coombsville is nestled in a bowl, an ancient volcanic caldera ringed on three sides by hills at the base of the Vaca Range. — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 29 May 2022 Right on the edge of the famous Ngorongoro Crater, the largest inactive volcanic caldera in the world, and one of its natural wonders. — Shelby Knick, Forbes, 19 May 2022 For thousands of years, the two rivers that rush down from the Yellowstone caldera and into this valley drew bison, elk and wolves—and the Apsaalooké (Crow), northern Cheyenne, Arapaho, Shoshone-Bannock and other Indigenous hunters who followed. — Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2022 The chemical makeup of the ash grains at Omo Kibish closely matched rocky debris found near the Shala volcano, the largest caldera (volcanic lake) in the region. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2022 In other cases, the hot water mixed with groundwater present in the area, creating moderate temperatures that feed hot springs around the caldera. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2022 To get a clear picture of Yellowstone, the researchers flew a helicopter across the caldera along a series of lines spaced by as little as 250 meters. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2022 The park’s main feature is a six-and-a-half-mile-wide volcanic caldera. — Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2022 See More

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