MOUNT SINABUNG NORTH SUMATRA

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•  North Sumatera takes 71,680 km2. It takes almost 3.7% of total area in Indonesia.

•  In North Sumatra, there are 4 mountains (Sibayak, Sinabung, Pangulubao, and Sibuatan)and 1 lake, called Lake Toba.

•  Lake Toba was formed from a huge volcano eruption happened 74,000 years ago.

•  One of the mountains, Sinabung, is an active volcano.

LAKE  TOBA  

MOUNT  SINABUNG  

•  North  Sumatra  is  very  popular  with  its  coffee.  It  exported  the  coffee  to  all  over  the  world.  There  are  two  main  coffee  from  North  Sumatra:  Sumatra  Mandheling  and  Sumatra  Lintong.    

•  Volcano is a place on the Earth’s surface that opens over a pool of molten rock.

•  When it erupts actively, it releases ash, gas, and magma violently and spectacularly.

•  Before erupting, hot liquid rock under the Earth’s surface is called magma. After the eruption, the magma will change into lava as it is coming out from the surface.

•  The soil near volcano is considered to produce well and fertile. Therefore, many people live nearby the volcano and make a living by farming. People in Sinabung, for example, produce a lot of good quality coffee.

Mount Sinabung when it was erupting in late 2013

•  It destroys human settlements, lives, and property.

•  Ash may give negative consequence to the Earth’s layer

•  Landscape and natural environment get damaged

•  When ash and mud mix with rain, they will form lahars.

•  The  ash  gives  bad  impact  to  humans  health  parHcularly  their  respiratory  system  

•  However,  some  parHcular  erupHons  may  give  a  wonderful  view  post  erupHon.  It  will  aKract  tourists  and  helps  people  around  the  area  rebuild  their  lives.    

•  Soil  in  volcanic  area  will  become  rich  in  nutrients  because  the  ash  and  lava  breakdown  aMer  the  erupHon.    

•  During ashfall, protect yourself by: - wearing mask - staying inside a house, with doors and windows

closed - wearing goggles, glasses for your eye protection - wearing a disposable particulate respiratory in

case you need to go out for cleaning up - keeping your vehicles switch off

•  Relocate the residents to safe zone temporarily •  Donate trucks and other supplementary that help

to rebuild the infrastructure •  Socialize and educate the residents about the risk

of living nearby the active volcano •  Send the professionals to help rebuilding the area •  Donate fertilizer so the residents can farm again