Mount Merapi (2968 m.dpl) is located in 2 provinces, Central Java and Jogjakarta. Mount Merapi is located adjacent to Mount Merbabu. Mount Merapi volcano is one that has a destructive force that high and most active among the many volcanoes are located in Indonesia and is one of the world's mountains. The name of the peak is the peak of Garuda, which is a large boulder with eagle-like shape. One characteristic of Mount Merapi is in the event of an eruption produced hot clouds (glowing avalanches), which by the locals called wedus Gembel (a type of goat Java), this hot clouds have temperatures around 1,000 ° C which decreased shaped like a sphere curly goat.
Hot clouds glide who reach 1000 degrees Celsius temperature.
The 2006 eruption of Indonesia's Mount Merapi sent a 2.5-mile cloud of hot ash and gas billowing into the sky. With the predictive analysis capabilities of GIS, scientists were able to warn officials in time to evacuate affected areas.
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