Lava

Lava

The term lava flow is commonly shortened to lava. produce a mixture of and other fragments called rather than lava flows. The word "lava" comes from Italian, and is probably derived from the word labes which means a fall or slide. 

The first use in connection with extruded (molten rock below the Earth's surface) was apparently in a short account written by on the eruption of between May 14 and June 4, 1737. Serao described "a flow of fiery lava" as an analogy to the flow of water and mud down the flanks of the volcano following heavy

When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a from 700 °C to 1,200 °C (1,300 °F to 2,200 °F). Up to 100,000 times as as water, lava can flow great distances before cooling and solidifying because of its and properties.

A lava flow is a moving outpouring of lava, which is created during a non-explosive When it has stopped moving, lava solidifies to form

Lava is a type of expelled by a an eruption. This molten rock is formed in the interior of some including and some of their