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Mount Tambora Volcano
The Tambora Volcano occurred in Europe in 1815 and did not end until four months later. In fact it spewed so much gases and rock into the air that, by the time it stopped erupting, it had shrunk by 4,200 feet. To date, Mount Tambora has sent more particles into atmosphere than any other volcano in recorded history. . Mount Tambora sits on island of Indonesia .in 1815, perhaps 50,000 people lived on Sambaw , a beautiful land of rushing streams gentle hills, and thick jungles. Looming over the northern side of the island was Mount Tambora a quite mountain dotted with villages and rice farms. Magma rise through cracks or weaknesses in the earth’s crust from the lava from the eruption. The Mount tambora eruption as the largest and most

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