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1 El Salvador Land of the Volcanoes By Savitri Horrigan

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

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4 A String of Volcanoes

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7 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.

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

9 Earthquake Damage

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11 January 13 Earthquake

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13 Izalco Volcano

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

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

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18 San Salvador Volcano

19 Joya de Ceren Mayan Village

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21 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.

22 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.

23 Coatepeque Lake

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25 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.

26 Santa Ana

27 Santa Ana Crater

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29 View to North of Santa Ana

30 Chaparrastique Volcano

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

32 San Miguel Volcano

33 Ilopango Caldera

34 Ilopango Lake

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36 San Vicente Volcano Nahuatl language = Chichontepec

37 Advertising

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39 Bibliography  http://www.4elsalvador.com/volcanfotovolc an.htm http://www.4elsalvador.com/volcanfotovolc an.htm  http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/central_ america/el_salvador/ http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/central_ america/el_salvador/  http://volcanoes.ca/latvolc/elsalvador/Elsalv ador.html http://volcanoes.ca/latvolc/elsalvador/Elsalv ador.html  http://tornado.brevard.edu/reynoljh/centrala merica/elsalvador.htm http://tornado.brevard.edu/reynoljh/centrala merica/elsalvador.htm


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