Large,basin-shaped depressions that form when summit materials on a volcanic mountain collapse inward after an eruption or loss of magma are known as
A)cinder cones.
B)craters.
C)calderas.
D)domes.
E)plutons.

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Large, basin-shaped depressions that form after the collapse of the summit of a volcanic mountain are called calderas. Cinder cones are small and steep-sided with a bowl-shaped crater at the summit, craters are smaller and shallower than calderas, domes are rounded mounds formed by the extrusion of viscous lava, and plutons are igneous intrusions of magma that solidify beneath the Earth's surface.

Large,basin-Shaped Depressions That Form When Summit Materials on a Volcanic