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El Salvador Land of the Volcanoes

El Salvador Land of the Volcanoes. By Savitri Horrigan. Five major volcanoes. Over 25 in total. Ash has enriched the soil. A String of Volcanoes. Benefits of Volcanoes. Fertile soil nourishes coffee, sugar and other plantations. Source of geothermal energy.

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El Salvador Land of the Volcanoes

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  1. El SalvadorLand of the Volcanoes By Savitri Horrigan

  2. Five major volcanoes. • Over 25 in total. • Ash has enriched the soil.

  3. A String of Volcanoes

  4. Benefits of Volcanoes • Fertile soil nourishes coffee, sugar and other plantations. • Source of geothermal energy. • Way of preserving ancient features of life centuries ago. • Source of beauty & pride.

  5. Problems of Volcanoes • Kills many people. • In the year 320 a large volcano eruption forced most people to flee el Salvador. • Frequent earthquakes.

  6. Earthquake Damage

  7. Earthquake Damage

  8. January 13 Earthquake

  9. January 13 Earthquake

  10. Izalco Volcano

  11. Izalco Volcano

  12. Izalco Volcano • “Lighthouse of the pacific.” • Glowing top could be seen far out at sea. • Erupted from 1770 until 1958 (188 years).

  13. San Salvador Volcano • Boquerón: central large crater. • Picacho: high peak northeast of crater. • Jabali: mountain northwest of crater.

  14. San Salvador Volcano

  15. Joya de Ceren Mayan Village

  16. When the eruption happened • Rainy season of July or August • Early evening • Men had returned from work • During dinner time • Found half empty bowls • Before sleep.

  17. What They Found • Household gardens, Corn fields, Orchards • Foods: Corn, beans, squash, chili peppers, avocados, nuts, cherries and other fruits. • Drank cacao. • Grew cotton for clothes and cooking oil. • They ate deer, ducks, turkeys and dogs.

  18. Coatepeque Lake

  19. Santa Ana Volcano • Tallest of El Salvador's volcanoes. • Towers 2365 meters (over 7,000 ft.) above sea level. • First eruption was in 1520. • Has erupted 12 times. • Last time was in 1920.

  20. Santa Ana

  21. Santa Ana Crater

  22. Santa Ana Crater

  23. View to North of Santa Ana

  24. Chaparrastique Volcano

  25. Chaparrastique Volcano • Aka San Miguel • Most active • Erupted 29 times since 1699.

  26. San Miguel Volcano

  27. Ilopango Caldera

  28. Ilopango Lake

  29. Ilopango Lake

  30. San Vicente Volcano Nahuatl language = Chichontepec

  31. Advertising

  32. Bibliography • http://www.4elsalvador.com/volcanfotovolcan.htm • http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/central_america/el_salvador/ • http://volcanoes.ca/latvolc/elsalvador/Elsalvador.html • http://tornado.brevard.edu/reynoljh/centralamerica/elsalvador.htm

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