Assertion: lava's viscosity | /r/HasProperty | low
Facets:
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Basalt lava has a low viscosity, due to its low silica content, resulting in rapid lava flows that can spread over great areas before cooling and solidification.
text: Owing to the higher temperatures, viscosities can be relatively low, although still thousands of times higher than water.
text: The lava that erupts from them is of low viscosity, so it is thin and can travel great distances.
text: If the lava is very hot and has a low viscosity (runny with a low gas and silica content) the lava flow is called Pahoehoe.
text: If the viscosity and the gas pressure are low enough, lava will flow slowly onto the earth's surface when the volcano erupts, with minimal explosion.