Crater lake
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A crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater or caldera, such as a maar; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an impact crater caused by a meteorite, or in an artificial explosion caused by humans. Sometimes lakes which form inside calderas are called caldera lakes, but often this distinction is not made. Crater lakes covering active (fumarolic) volcanic vents are sometimes known as volcanic lakes, and the water within them is often acidic, saturated with volcanic gases, and cloudy with a strong greenish color. Lakes located in dormant or extinct volcanoes tend to have fresh water, and the water clarity in such lakes can be exceptional due to the lack of inflowing streams and sediment.
- Related: Lava lake, Volcanic crater, Caldera, Types of volcanic eruptions, Maar, Atoll, Impact crater
| IAVCEI Commission of Volcanic Lakes IAVCEI Commission of Volcanic Lakes www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/cvl/ - Web |
| IAVCEI Commission of Volcanic Lakes: Some fundamen... IAVCEI Commission of Volcanic Lakes: Some fundamentals about Crater Lakes www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/cvl/fundamentals.htm - Web |
| The Science of Volcanic Lakes The Science of Volcanic Lakes pasternack.ucdavis.edu/lakes.htm - Web |
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| Volcanic Lakes of the World Volcanic Lakes of the World www.wesleyan.edu/ees/JCV/volclakes.html - Web |
| USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Water on volcan... USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Water on volcanoes: heavy rain and crater lakes hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/1998/98_11_05.html - Web |
| USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory: Volcanic Lakes USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory: Volcanic Lakes vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Lakes/framework.html - Web |
| The Science of Volcanic Lakes The Science of Volcanic Lakes pasternack.ucdavis.edu/lakes.htm - Web |
| Crater Lake National Park Crater Lake National Park boundless.uoregon.edu/.../archpnw&CISOBOX1=Crater+Lake+National+Park++Crater+Lake,+Oregon+ - Web |
