geothermal springs
Earth-heated water pools
Geothermal springs are natural water sources heated by underground volcanic or magmatic activity.
The water emerges warm or hot, sometimes scalding.
Hot springs have been used for bathing and therapeutic purposes since ancient times: We soaked in the geothermal springs after hiking.
When the water erupts periodically under pressure, the spring is called a geyser.
- hot springsHeated groundwater emerging naturally
- healing watersSprings thought to cure
- hot waterHeated liquid, or trouble
- mineral springsNaturally enriched water sources
- sulfur springsGeothermal water with brimstone
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