boiling spring

Scalding natural pool

A boiling spring is a natural spring where water emerges at or near boiling temperature, typically heated by geothermal activity.

The term also applies to springs that appear to boil due to vigorous bubbling from gas escaping through the water, even when the water itself is cool: The boiling spring churned with sulfurous fumes.

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steaming water · bubbling · bubbling up · sulfur · sulfur smell · geothermal · scalding · vapor · mineral · earth's crust · volcanic · volcanic activity · gurgling · Yellowstone · natural wonder · spa · pool · heat

Opposites
temperature

boiling springmountain spring

Water emerging from peaks

frozen pond · snowmelt

water movement/energy

boiling springstanding water

Accumulated unmoving liquid

still waters

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