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Stratovolcano stratovolcano A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> (q.v.) Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rU1HXyjPGEduAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Stratovolcano</a> is a tall conical volcano caused by the subduction of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-KysZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TectonicPlate</a>s. Active stratovolcanoes are characterized by frequent eruptions, with highly viscous lava flows that harden quickly. stratovolcanos Soufriere Saint Vincent Soufriere-Volcano-StVincent source of violent eruption in modern times Mount Adams MountAdams-Volcano notable mountain peak of northern California MountShasta Mt. Shasta active volcano of Sicily Stromboli Stromboli-Volcano MountBaker Mount Baker active volcano of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Hekla-Volcano Hekla Mount Saint Helens only really active continental US volcano MountSaintHelens-Volcano MountKilimanjaro-Volcano Mt. Kilimanjaro extinct volcano with snow-capped peak, located near Equator LassenPeak-Volcano Lassen peak intermittantly active continental US volcano Vesuvius Vesuvius-Volcano active volcano by Bay of Naples Tambora-Volcano Tambora A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> on Sumbawa Island in what is now Indondesia [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViy1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Indonesia_TheNation</a>] which was the source of most violent eruption in modern times (with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7) in 1815. The ash it sent into the atmosphere was responsible for the &quot;year without a summer&quot; in 1816. Mount Rainier MountRainier-Volcano A large volcano near Seattle, Washington. Soufriere Hills A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> on the Carribean island of Montserrat erupting from 1995 through at least 1997, when this comment was written. SoufriereHillsVolcano-Montserrat source of violent eruption in modern times Pelee Pelee-Volcano Popocatepetl <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> near Mexico City [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMWJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfMexicoCityMexico</a>] Popocatepetl-Volcano Mount Kenya extinct volcano with snow-capped peak, located near Equator MountKenya-Volcano La Grande Soufriere A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> on the Carribean island of Guadelupe. Soufriere-Volcano-Guadelupe Mt. Hood famous Oregon peak MountHood The currently most active <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> in Mexico. Colima-Volcano Colima's Volcano Orizaba-Volcano Orizaba inactive snow-capped Mexican volcano MountEtna-Volcano intermittantly active volcano of Sicily Mt. Etna Mount Fuji volcano notable for perfectly formed snow-capped cone MountFuji-Volcano Mountain A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> is a topographical feature of significantly higher elevation than its surrounding area. Mountains may occur individually or as part of a chain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountEverest</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj3PJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountLogan</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAT-T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kebnekaise_Sweden</a>. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountainRange</a>. mountain Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString Stratovolcano A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> (q.v.) Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rU1HXyjPGEduAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Stratovolcano</a> is a tall conical volcano caused by the subduction of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-KysZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TectonicPlate</a>s. Active stratovolcanoes are characterized by frequent eruptions, with highly viscous lava flows that harden quickly. stratovolcano A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). <p/> Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code><b>COPY</b></code> of (say) &quot;Moby Dick&quot; is still a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially <i>object-like</i>: if we take a scalpel and slice <code><b>COPY</b></code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object Stratovolcano A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> (q.v.) Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rU1HXyjPGEduAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Stratovolcano</a> is a tall conical volcano caused by the subduction of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-KysZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TectonicPlate</a>s. Active stratovolcanoes are characterized by frequent eruptions, with highly viscous lava flows that harden quickly. stratovolcano Volcano volcano A collection of topographical features. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> is a mountain created by the outflow of lava. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Volcano</a> may or may not be active volcanoes. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjuO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vesuvius_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountFuji_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj--ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Popocatepetl_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRF5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Krakatoa_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MaunaKea_Volcano</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6WpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountSaintHelens_Volcano</a>. natural feature type NaturalFeatureType <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rummjkLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">NaturalFeatureType</a> is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6-wc8BKxEdeIXwCgydofLQ" class="cyc_term">CartographicFeatureType</a>s which naturally occur on the surface of the Earth. Positive examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgD8VZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mesa</a>. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WaterReservoir</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rT2uByCTVQdeVZZaE0030Zg" class="cyc_term">Airfield</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ru-8ymLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">ArtifactualFeatureType</a>, the corresponding collection for feature types which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s.