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Why does Japan have volcanoes?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Japan has volcanoes because it lies on the edge of the Pacific tectonic plate which is being shoved under the Asian plate. As the Pacific plate descends. the increasing heat causes the rock to melt and volcanoes to erupt.

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13y ago

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