Nyiragongo
| Noun | 1. | Nyiragongo - an active volcano in eastern Congo |
| 单词 | nyiragongo | |||
| 释义 | Nyiragongo
NyiragongoNyiragongo(nyē'rägông`gō), active volcano (c.11,400 ft/3,475 m), S VirungaVirunga, volcanic range of mountains, E Congo, N Rwanda, and SW Uganda, central Africa, NE of Lake Kivu. It extends along the eastern rim of the Great Rift Valley and separates the basins of the Nile and Congo rivers. ..... Click the link for more information. range, in E Congo near the Rwanda border, NE of Lake KivuKivu, lake, 1,042 sq mi (2,699 sq km), 55 mi (89 km) long, on the Congo-Rwanda border, E central Africa; highest lake in Africa (4,788 ft/1,459 m). It is drained by the Ruzizi River, which flows S into Lake Tanganyika. ..... Click the link for more information. and 12 mi (19 km) N of Goma, in S Virunga National Park. It is Africa's second most active volcano in historic times; the most active is NyamuragiraNyamuragira or Nyamulagira, active volcano (11,033 ft/3,058 m), S Virunga range, in E Congo (Kinshasa) near the Rwanda border, N of Lake Kivu and 15 mi (25 km) N of Goma, in S Virunga National Park. ..... Click the link for more information. , NW of Nyiragongo. Lava from Nyiragongo's eruptions has at times reached Goma and Lake Kivu. There are several old craters, easily accessible and noted for their picturesque scenery and flora. Local legends associate the volcano with the place of expiation of guilty souls. Nyiragongoan active volcano in the Virunga group in Zaïre, north of Lake Kivu. Height, 3,470 m. Nyiragongo is a stratovolcano in the form of a regular truncated cone with a well-like crater about 1 km in diameter, with a molten lava pool at the bottom. There are two older side craters on the northern and southern slopes. The volcano has been active since 1927; its activity is limited to the main crater. NyiragongoenUS
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