Where are the worlds volcanoes located why is this?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

They are located around the "ring of fire" and or the Pacific plate, this is because it it the largest and lightest piece of tech tonic plate and all the other plates grind against it making multiple volcanoes and earthquakes around it, hens forth "the ring of fire".

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∙ 14y ago

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