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Rupture in a planet's crust where material escapes

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Volcano: Rupture in a planet's crust where material escapes
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. The process that forms volcanoes is called volcanism.

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