Crater may refer to:
Landforms
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Impact crater, a depression caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet
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Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surface
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Subsidence crater
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A subsidence crater is a hole or depression left on the surface of an area which has had an underground (usually nuclear) explosion. Many such craters are commonly present at bomb testing areas; one notable example is the Nevada Test S ...
, a depression from an underground (usually nuclear) explosion
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Pit crater, a crater that forms through sinking of the surface and not as a vent for lava
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Volcanic crater
A volcanic crater is an approximately circular depression in the ground caused by Volcano, volcanic activity. It is typically a bowl-shaped feature containing one or more vents. During Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions, molten magm ...
, a roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity
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Caldera
A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is ...
, a large cauldron-like depression formed following the evacuation of a magma chamber/reservoir
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Maar
A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption (an explosion which occurs when groundwater comes into contact with hot lava or magma). A maar characteristically fills with water to form a relatively shallow ...
, a type of volcanic crate caused by a phreatic eruption or explosion
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Volcanic crater lake
A volcanic crater lake is a lake in a crater that was formed by explosive activity or a collapse during a volcanic eruption.
Formation
Lakes in calderas fill large craters formed by the collapse of a volcano during an eruption. Lakes in maars ...
, including a list of lakes that formed in a volcanic or impact crater
Music
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''Crater'' (Daniel Menche and Mamiffer album), 2016
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Crater (Fission album), 2004
Places
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Crati
The Crati is a river in Calabria, southern Italy. It is the largest river of Calabria and the third largest river of southern Italy after the Volturno and the Sele. In classical antiquity it was known as the Crathis or Crater (Greek: ).
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or Crater, a river of southern Italy
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Crater, California, U.S.
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Crater (Aden), a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen
Other uses
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Crater (constellation)
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''The Crater'' (novel) an 1847 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
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Joseph F. Crater
Joseph Force Crater (January 5, 1889 – disappeared August 6, 1930; declared legally dead June 6, 1939) was a New York State Supreme Court Justice who mysteriously vanished amid a political scandal. He was last seen leaving a restaurant on West ...
(fl. 1889–1930), New York judge who disappeared in 1930
See also
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Crater lake (disambiguation)
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Cratering (disambiguation)
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Krater, a Greek vessel used to mix wine and water (the original meaning)
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Machtesh, a crater-like formation created by erosion
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