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Can you please briefly describe the relative sizes and shapes of the three types of volcanoes.
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* Shield Volcanoes - are low and flat and have small, flowing eruptions. Some have diameters of 3-4 Miles and are 1,500 to 2,000 feet high.
* Composite Volcanoes - are a mixture between shield volcanoes and cone volcanoes, their eruptions are explosive. Some composite volcanoes attain two to three thousand meters in height above their bases.
* Cone Volcanoes - are the tallest and largest volcanoes, and they have VERY explosive eruptions. They are less than 300m high
