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Anatomy of Nyiragongo


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Some of the world's most spectacular but least-known volcanoes lie along the East African Rift, a wide crack in the Earth's crust that runs for more than 1,200 miles from Malawi through Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia to the Gulf of Aden. Among the most active and deadly of these volcanoes is Nyiragongo, a so-called stratovolcano located just north of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this interactive, explore the main features of Nyiragongo and learn what risks it poses to the 500,000 people who live in its shadow. To launch the interactive, click on the image at left.—Lexi Krock

  

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