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Mt. St. Helens - Paper

Mt. St. Helens

There are many volcanoes in the world today. The volcano we chose to do a report on is .
is a volcano in Washington State, U.S.A. It's 8,364 feet above sea level. is a volcano in the Cascade Range. It's also a volcano in the Ring of Fire. is a composite volcano. That means it's a layered volcano. is snowcapped.
The first person who found and named was George Vancouver in 1792. He named it after Allyne Fitzherbe the Baron of St. Helens ( A city near Liverpool.).
Mt. St. Helens is known for its beauty. There's a lake called Spirit Lake on the side of Mt. St. Helens. The lake was formed by volcanic mudflows. Mudflows can raise Spirit Lake over 60 feet high! There use to be lots ...

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in the eruption reached speeds of 200 miles a hour. Mt. St. Helens was 9,677 feet high before the eruption, after the eruption it was 8,364 feet high. Sixty people died in the eruption. 230 square miles of timber lay dead and burnt on the ground! All the animals had left the surroundings of Mt. St. Helens. Slime was formed in the lakes by Mt. St. Helens by the eruption.

A senior citizen (84) named Harry Fruman would not leave his home on Mt. St. Helens, even after a warning of an eruption. He quoted "I talk to the mountain, the mountain talks to me. I am part of the mountain, the mountain is part of me". He died in the ...

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Added: 4/12/2005 03:40:06 AM
Category: Geography
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 333
Pages: 2

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