Meaning of Caldera | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
2. A city, port, and commune in Copiapó province, Atacama region, northern Chile.
3. A corregimiento in Boquete district, Chiriquí province, Panama.

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Examples

“The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.”

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