Ring of Fire
nounGeology.
Also called Circum-Pacific belt . the linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the Pacific Plate.
Origin of Ring of Fire
1First recorded in 1870–75
Words Nearby Ring of Fire
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How to use Ring of Fire in a sentence
Some 75% of the world’s volcanoes live along the aptly name Ring of Fire.
Seismic ‘Telescope’ Reveals a Titanic, Tree-Like Plume Feeding Earth’s Volcanoes | Jason Dorrier | October 17, 2021 | Singularity HubAround 80 percent of tsunamis begin along the Pacific Ocean’s seismically active “Ring of Fire.”
I wanted the dog to do more than just leap and came up with the red “Ring of Fire.”
Finding these artful animals around Capitol Hill is as easy as ABC | Fritz Hahn | July 22, 2021 | Washington Post
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