How Hot Is 1,200 Degrees Celsius

How many degrees hot is lava?

The temperature of lava flow is usually about 700° to 1,250° Celsius, which is 2,000° Fahrenheit. Deep inside the earth, usually at about 150 kilometers, the temperature is hot enough that some small part of the rocks begins to melt. Once that happens, the magma (molten rock) will rise toward the surface (it floats).

How hot is black lava?

Lava doesn’t have a fixed temperature, varying from approximately 650 to 1600 degrees Celsius (1300 to 2900 degrees Fahrenheit), and is dependent on several factors.

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