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The sides of Rano Raraku crater are high and steep except on the north and northwest, where they are much lower and gently sloping. The interior contains a freshwater lake bordered by reeds called tortora (Scripus sp.). The reeds, once believed to have been carried to the island by explorers from
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is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated ash, or tuff, and located on
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in which about 95% of the island's known monolithic sculpture (
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