Translations:AY Honors/Volcanoes/Answer Key/119/en
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_ring_of_fire
- Of the more than 800 active volcanoes that have been identified, most are located along the margins of the ocean basins—most notably along the within the circum-Pacific belt known as the Ring of Fire. This active zone includes a chain of continental volcanoes that consist primarily of composite volcanoes.
- The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, island arcs, and volcanic mountain ranges and/or plate movements. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt. 90% of the world's earthquakes and 81% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.