Plato is a "flooded" crater that filled with lava after it was created by an impact. A large one. It's floor is relatively flat and largely unscarred (save for a few small craters). A link can be found below for more information.
The word crater (meaning bowl-shaped) is applied to two different phenomena.On planets and moons, meteor craters are the circular depressions caused by the impacts of other objects, mainly smaller...
You see few craters on the Earth. Between the fact that 75% of the Earth is covered with water, and wind, rain, earthquakes, landslides. volcanoes and continental drift, the Earth's surface changes...
Yes because when the snow off the mountains melts, the water drains into Crater Lake. The snow water is also the cause of why the water is so clear. The water evaporates so Crater Lake does not...