Definition of Caldera

a large, volcanic crater that is created after part of a volcano collapses

Examples of Caldera in a sentence

The circular caldera is located at the summit of the volcano and is sunken in from the collapse.  🔊

A crater is similar to a volcanic caldera, but a caldera’s depression is much larger.  🔊

A resurgent caldera is formed by very intense volcanic eruptions that can be compared to asteroid impacts.  🔊

Because they are so large, a crater-like caldera created by a volcanic eruption can exist for hundreds of miles.  🔊

A lake now lays the volcanic caldera where volcano lava spewed millions of years ago.  🔊

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