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Question
Are Volcones Destructive (or) Constructive?
Solution
Volcanes have both destructive and constructive forces.
- Constructive effects:
- Volcanoes provide nutrients to the surrounding soil as volcanic ash contains minerals beneficial to plants.
- Some plateaus and plains are formed due to volcanic eruption.
- They cool off the earth removing heat from the interior.
- Destructive effects:
- They cause earth quakes, fast floods, mud slides and rock falls.
- Dust and Ash that come out of volcanoes are very harmful to living things.
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