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Tsunami: Krakatoa, Indonesia
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Tsunami: Krakatoa, Indonesia
Causes
- August 26th 1883
- Stratovolcano
Impacts
- Social
- Killed 40,000 people
- Heard from as far as Sri Lanka
- Environmental
- Volcanic dust veil in the sky generated atmospheric effects such as lowering of global temperatures by as much as 1.2 degrees celcius
- Travelled 3 miles inland
- Social
Hazards
- Pyroclastic flow
- Ash and pumice thrown 30 miles out to sea-caused tsunamis
- Explosion so powerful, Krakatoa collapsed in on itself which caused the main tsunami
- 150mph, 130ft high tsunami
- Travelled 3 miles inland
- Pyroclastic flow
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- A Levels Geography (Physical Geography-A2 Case Studies) Mind Map on Tsunami: Krakatoa, Indonesia, created by Andrew_Ellinas on 28/02/2015.
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