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"text": "2015, Edward Keller, Duane DeVecchio, Natural Hazards, Pearson Education, 4th Edition, page 136,\nShield volcanoes are constructed from basaltic lavas and in profile appear as broad arcs with gentle slopes (Figure 5.10)."
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"text": "2019, Peter Macinnis, Australian Backyard Earth Scientist, National Library Australia (NLA Publishing), page 41,\nShield volcanoes can be tens of kilometres from side to side, though the shield volcano called Rangitoto, just off Auckland, is a lot smaller. Each island of Hawaii was once an active shield volcano."
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"sense": "type of volcano with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome",
"word": "盾狀火山"
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"sense": "type of volcano with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome",
"word": "ფარისებრი ვულკანი"
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"alt": "たてじょうかざん",
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"word": "楯状火山"
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"word": "순상 화산"
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"roman": "ščitovój vulkán",
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"word": "щитово́й вулка́н"
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},
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}
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"sense": "type of volcano with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome",
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},
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"roman": "parisebri vulḳani",
"sense": "type of volcano with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome",
"word": "ფარისებრი ვულკანი"
},
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"sense": "type of volcano with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome",
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"word": "Schildvulkan"
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"alt": "たてじょうかざん",
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"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "type of volcano with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome",
"word": "순상 화산"
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"word": "щитово́й вулка́н"
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"masculine"
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"word": "щитови́дный вулка́н"
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"sense": "type of volcano with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome",
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"word": "shield volcano"
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