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The Comoros island chain in the Mozambique Channel is the result of the rifting of Madagascar away from Africa as well as "hotspot" mantle plume activity. The region is also impact by seismicity and deformation associated with the East African Rift system and the Comoros region is one of the best places in the world to study rift-hotspot interactions. The islands remain volcanically active.

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Geology of the Comoros

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The Comoros island chain in the Mozambique Channel is the result of the rifting of Madagascar away from Africa as well as "hotspot" mantle plume activity...

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Comoro Islands

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The Comoro Islands or the Comoros (Comorian: Komori; Arabic: جزر القمر, romanized: Juzur al-qamar; French: Les Comores) are an archipelago of volcanic...

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Geography of the Comoros

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-12.167; 44.250 The Comoros archipelago consists of four main islands aligned along a northwest–southeast axis at the north end of the Mozambique Channel...

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Geology of Mayotte

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part of the Comoro Islands chain in the Mozambique Channel, the geology of Mayotte is virtually the same as the geology of the Comoros, the rest of the island...

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Mayotte

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Pacific oceans Music of the Comoro Islands Hawlitschek, Oliver; Eudeline, Rémy; Rouillé, Antoine (2020). Terrestrial fauna of the Comoros Archipelago. Saint-Joseph...

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Mining industry of the Comoros

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to be unavailable as of 2006. The Comoros did not play a significant role in the world's production or consumption of minerals. The demand for cement, steel...

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Geology of Nigeria

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The geology of Nigeria formed beginning in the Archean and Proterozoic eons of the Precambrian. The country forms the Nigerian Province and more than...

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Geography of Mayotte

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Mozambique. Mayotte is part of the Comoro Islands, and like them is the result of a former geological hot spot, the oldest of the Comoros archipelago, formed...

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Indian Ocean

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such as a narrower continental shelf. In terms of geology, the Indian Ocean is the youngest of the major oceans, with active spreading ridges and features...

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Groundwater in the Comoros

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resources and occurrence in the Comoros Islands are variable owing to geological variability. Young volcanic islands, including the active Karthala volcano...

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material. Geology of the Canary Islands Geology of Cape Verde Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geology of Madeira. Geology portal Carracedo, Juan...

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The geology of the Canary Islands is dominated by volcanic rock. The Canary Islands and some seamounts to the north-east form the Canary Volcanic Province...

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Mount Karthala

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blue pigeons, Comoros fodies, Comoros olive pigeons, Comoros thrushes, Grand Comoro brush warblers, Grand Comoro bulbuls, Grand Comoro drongos, Humblot's...

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The geology of Madagascar comprises a variety of rocks of Precambrian age which make up the larger part of the east and centre of the island. They are...

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Women in the Comoros

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Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Women of Comoros. A Country Study: Comoros...

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Timeline of South Africa

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Louisiana

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Islands of Africa

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in the Indian Ocean, with the sovereign island nations of Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar located off the southeastern seaboard of Africa...

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Coelacanth

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in the Comoros, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and off the South Coast of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. The Comoro...

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