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Definition: Cotopaxi |
CotopaxiNoun1. The world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Cotopaxi" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1835. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
There have been more than 50 eruptions of Mt. Cotopaxi alone since 1738. With its height of 5,897 meters it is more than 3,000 meters higher than the surroundings. The base of this stratovolcano has a width about 23 km.
Numerous valleys formed by powerful Lahars (mudflows) surround the volcano. Lahars can cause severe damage even 300 km away from the volcano. This poses a high risk to the local population, their settlements and fields. Interferometry is especially useful in monitoring such dangerous volcanoes. Highly accurate observations of changes in volcanoes from space can provide vital parameters for early warning systems, without risk to the lives of scientists.
Parts of this article are from the NASA Earth Observatory; [1]
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cotopaxi."
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 | "View of Cotopaxi" - Title page of: "Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America," by Alexander von Humboldt and translated by Helen Maria Williams, 1814. Vol. I. Library Call Number C/gLH919. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Ecuador--distant view of the snow-capped volcano Cotopaxi seen across the cattle-grazing Valle de Latacunga. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Travel | Ecuador | Tourists were robbed in 1999 at the Cotopaxi National Park and La Carolina Park. (references) |
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