Subduction at these boundaries has pushed up rock making mountains that exist on the coast of Colombia.
This country is part of the Ring of Fire, because of the collision of the South American Plate and the Nazca plate, Colmbia is at a high risk for earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It is also at risk of flooding and tsunamis.
http://www.basicplanet.com/pacific-ring-fire/
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/geography/Afghanistan-to-Comoros/Colombia.html
https://www.livescience.com/37384-colombia-complex-tectonics-earthquakes.html
very true. Thank you for the links. Maybe in the future you could add an image too to show what you post about. It will help your classmates to follow your posts better. Yes, all those volcanic mountains really follow the coast as you say, all because of where the country is located...will be interesting if when you discuss earthquakes next week, their main locations coincide with what you think already,..that most of the shaking is close to that subduction zone...
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your insightful post about Columbia's location to plate boundaries; I appreciate the helpful links you included as well. I didn't know that the country was settled right on top of two different plates. It makes sense that there would be many dangers that natural hazards pose towards Columbia.
The country I'm following, Japan, is also located in the Ring of Fire, so our countries share many of the same potential natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, flooding, etc.
I look forward to learning more about Columbia in your future posts!
I don’t know very much about Colombian, but from the explanation you give and the links to go with it made the post just wonderful and interesting to read. I am looking forwards to seeing more post about Columbia. This is one f the places I plan to visit soon, so getting to know more about it will help me better with getting to know about Colombia. I have a lot of friend that have been there to visit and they always talk about how amazing this place is.
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