The "ring of fire" refers to the regions of the Earth's surface where the most volcanic and earthquake activity occurs. This zone marks both divergent plate boundaries (where the tectonic plates are moving apart), convergent plate boundaries (where the plates are coming together and one plate being subducted under the other) and transform fault boundaries (where two plates are sliding past each other). These regions encircle the globe forming a "ring".
the area around the Pacific Basin where a lot of seismic activity occurs, including the Western coast of North and South America and East Asian islands like Japan
the area around the Pacific Ocean consiting of many volcanoes; a high risk area for earthquakes.- S T U V W X Y Z
The belt of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean. This belt contains about two-thirds of the world's active volcanoes. It is marked by the volcanic chains of Japan, Kamchatka, South Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, the Cascade Range of the US and Canada, Central America, the Andes, New Zealand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua- New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, and last but not least the Mariana, Izu and Bonin Islands which complete the circle.
A zone of volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain-building encircling the Pacific Ocean formed where plates collide.
the name given to the geologically active belt around the Pacific Ocean that is home to more than 75 percent of the world's volcanoes.
zone around the perimeter of the Pacific Ocean containing about two-thirds of the world's active volcanoes.
The regions of mountain-building earthquakes and volcanoes which surround the Pacific Ocean.
The ring of fire is an area around the Pacific Ocean that is high in volcanic, mountain-building, and seismic activity.
The zone of earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean which is called the Circum-Pacific belt--about 90% of the world's earthquakes occur there. The next most seismic region (5-6% of earthquakes) is the Alpide belt (extends from Mediterranean region, eastward through Turkey, Iran, and northern India.
a belt of intense volcanic, geothermal and earthquake activity found all around the Pacific Rim caused by plate tectonic activity.
A zone that surrounds the land areas that ring the Pacific Ocean wherein volcanic and seismic activity occurs. (Approximately 90% of the world's earthquakes occur there.) Also called the Circum-Pacific belt.
the earthquake and volcano belt in countries that rim the Pacific Ocean