El Salvador Land of the Volcanoes By Savitri Horrigan.

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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.  Way of preserving ancient features of life centuries ago.  Source of beauty & pride.

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

Earthquake Damage

January 13 Earthquake

Izalco Volcano

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

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

San Salvador Volcano

Joya de Ceren Mayan Village

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.

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.

Coatepeque Lake

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

Santa Ana

Santa Ana Crater

View to North of Santa Ana

Chaparrastique Volcano

 Aka San Miguel  Most active  Erupted 29 times since 1699.

San Miguel Volcano

Ilopango Caldera

Ilopango Lake

San Vicente Volcano Nahuatl language = Chichontepec

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