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Giant volcanic depression, much larger than crater, usually steep sidewalls and flat floors

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A giant volcanic depression, much larger than a crater, with steep sidewalls and flat floors is called a caldera. Calderas are formed when a large volcanic eruption empties the magma chamber beneath a volcano.

The rebound of the crust partially fills in the cavity and creates a flat floor.

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A giant volcanic depression, much larger than a crater, with steep sidewalls and flat floors is called a caldera.

Calderas are formed when a large volcanic eruption empties the magma chamber beneath a volcano, causing the ground above to collapse and form a depression. The collapse usually creates a steep-walled crater, and the flat floor is the result of the rebound of the crust partially filling in the cavity.

One example of a caldera is the Sif Mons volcano on Venus, which has a volcanic crater about 40 kilometers across and individual lava flows up to 500 kilometers long.

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