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Papua New Guinea has the third-largest rainforest in the world, but it is facing a serious crisis.
Papua New Guinea is the world's 54th-largest country and the third-largest island country. It is part of the Australasian realm, which also includes Australia, New Zealand, eastern Indonesia, and several Pacific island groups, including the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The country is situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, at the point of collision of several tectonic plates. Papua New Guinea is famous for its frequent seismic activity, being on the Ring of Fire.
The climate on the island is essentially tropical, but it varies by region. The maximum mean temperature in the lowlands is 30 to 32 °C, and the minimum is 23–24 °C.
A notable feature in common for the two landmasses is the existence of several species of marsupial mammals, including some kangaroos and possums, which are not found elsewhere. Papua New Guinea is a megadiverse country.
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki is a volcano in the East Flores district, that erupted sending ash plumes over 2 kilometers into the sky and scattering volcanic debris across several nearby villages.
Stratovolcanoes have relatively steep sides and are more cone-shaped than shield volcanoes. They are formed from viscous, sticky lava that does not flow easily. The lava therefore builds up around the vent forming a volcano with steep sides.
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Volcanoes in Indonesia are part of the Alpida Belt and Pacific Ring of Fire. The most active volcano is Mount Merapi on Java. The 150 entries in the list below are grouped into six geographical regions, four of which belong to the volcanoes of the Sunda Arc trench system.
The remaining two groups are the volcanoes of Halmahera, including its surrounding volcanic islands, and the volcanoes of Sulawesi and the Sangihe Islands. The latter group is in one volcanic arc together with the Philippine volcanoes.
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PRACTICE QUESTION Q.Consider the following:
How many of the above-given information is correctly matched? (a) Only one (b) Only Two (c) All four (d) None Answer: (d) Explanation: Pair 1 is incorrect: This is not a known Antarctic volcano. It is actually a hill located in Montreal, Canada, and not in the Antarctic Peninsula. Pair 2 is incorrect: This is indeed a volcano in Antarctica, but it is located in Marie Byrd Land, not in the South Shetland Islands. Pair 3 is incorrect: Lewotobi is a twin volcano located in the southeastern part of the island of Flores, Indonesia. It is composed of the Lewotobi Lakilaki (Male Lewotobi) and Lewotobi Perempuan (Female Lewotobi) stratovolcanoes. Pair 4 is incorrect: This is located in the Prince Charles Mountains, not in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. |
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