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Effusive eruption — Edexcel GCSE Geography B Definition | GradeGen

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Effusive eruption

GCSE Geography · key term

Effusive eruption

Definition

An eruption in which lava flows relatively gently onto the surface rather than being violently blasted out.

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Edexcel GCSE Geography B · 1GB0

Paper 1

Revise: Causes and Characteristics of Volcanic Hazards

Edexcel Geography B past papers

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