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Mount rainier

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MOUNT RAINIER

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LOCATION

  • Mount Rainier in in Washington
  • Located in the U.S.A

HEIGHT

  • Mount Rainier is 14,409 feet

HISTORY OF ERUPTIONS

  • Mount Rainier started to grow on top of of the remains of an earlier ancestral Mount Rainier that was active 1-2 million years ago.
  • Its last eruption was in 1894.
  • It continues to have high-frequency earthquakes.

FACTS

  • Geologists believe the mountain was once 16,000 feet but due to mudflows and avalanches, its elevation decreased overtime.
  • Its the 5th most popular national park in the United States.
  • Mount Rainier is an active volcano so earthquakes are very common.
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