caldera
noun
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
calderas
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pluralof caldera.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"This magma re-injection model is consistent with the existence of large shallow magma reservoirs beneath other giant calderas like Yellowstone and Toba," says Seama.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Earth MRI has already shown that lithium prospectors need not stick to calderas.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 1, 2023
But more modest levels of internal heating have given the moon a subsurface ocean and an icy crust rather than lava-spewing calderas.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 24, 2023
Relics of primordial geological violence are everywhere: plunging rifts and canyons, volcanic calderas, ancient lava flow and a vast, surreal, white desert, almost lunar.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
During the night we approached Palma, another large island of the Canary group, containing one of the most remarkable calderas, or large basins, formed by volcanic action in the world.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Annie Brassey
