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Pyroclastic flow is gas that result from water mixing with loose material on the steep sides of a volcano.

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What is the term for lava flow that travels downhill at over 100mph?

Pyroclastic flow


What is more deadly lava or pyroclastic flow?

Pyroclastic flow.


What volcano produces a pyroclastic flow?

an explosive volcano will usually have a pyroclastic flow


Can you outrun a pyroclastic flow?

No. A pyroclastic flow can move at well over 100 mph.


How can pyroclastic flow be used in a sentence?

The pyroclastic flow from the volcano devastated the surrounding area, burying everything in its path under a blanket of ash and hot gases.


In which direction does a pyroclastic flow move away from a volcano?

A pyroclastic flow moves away from a volcano in all directions.


What volcano has pyroclastic flow in addition to liquid lava?

the volcano that has pyroclastic flow in addition to liquid lava is the composite or stratovolcano.


Does a pyroclastic flow typically occur during a quiet or loud eruption?

Pyroclastic flow typically occurs during a violent eruption.


What does a pyroclastic flow sound like?

Strangely, pyroclastic flows are silent. The speed of sound inside such a flow is quite slow, slower than the speed at which the flow moves. Because of this and other acoustic properties, all sound produced by a pyroclastic flow remains trapped inside of it.


How dangerous is a pyroclastic flow?

Roast you in seconds


What is the the most dangerous thing?

a pyroclastic flow.


Does Krakatoa produce lava or pyroclastic flow?

Yes, of course Krakatoa has a pyroclastic flow. Every volcano has an pyroclastic flow, which can travel up to at huge speeds. Krakatoa's pyroclastic flow raced an amazing 200 mph over 20 miles of open sea. Yes Krakatoa has pyroclastic flows but not all volcanoes produce pyroclastic flows, only Mt. St. Helens type volcanoes usually composed of andesite. Kilauea for example does not produce pyroclastic flows because it is composed of basalt, the lava flows out easily.