Synopsis
Animals that thrive in this fertile volcanic region.
- Programme: A Perfect Planet
 - Series: 1
 - Episode: Volcano
 - Channel: BBC One
 - Broadcast year: 2021
 
- Geography | Natural hazards | Volcanoes | Volcanoes
 
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