Tungurahua
- This article is about the volcano. For the province, see Tungurahua Provincehiya everyone you are so lucky you are at scool because this is rubbishe writing all this!!
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Tungurahua (Quechua tunguri=gullet, rahua=burn, spit fire) is an active stratovolcano in Ecuador. It is situated in the Central Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes, towering above the Amazon rain forest.
Its most recent eruption occurred in 1944. In August 2003, it ejected a plume of ash and smoke 3 kilometres (2 miles) into the air.
It is also known as "The Black Giant". Being active, the rising magma underground causes many tremors in the nearby city of Baños.
External links
- http://www.igepn.edu.ec/vulcanologia/tungurahua/tungurahua.htm
- Tungurahua website
- Ecuador volcano rumbles to life - News.com
- Tungurahua 2003
- Tungurahua: Etymology
- Photographs of the Andes
Sources
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
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