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Volcano

First of all, volcano is full of mystery. Greece legend says, Wugan is the fiery god. While natives of Hawaii say, goddess Pelee rules volcano. The English letter "volcano" originated from Latin letter "volcano", "volcano" was a small island near to Sicily. It is said, that the island was used as a furnace by God "Wugan". In terms of science, the process that the high temperature magma rising up though volcano conduit erupted onto earth's surface is called volcanism. The geologic body accumulated by erupted matter, which takes form of cone, shield, circle or cauldron, is named "volcano".

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