Hot Spring

A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. There are geothermal hot springs in many locations all over the crust of the earth.

Read more about Hot Spring:  Definitions, Sources of Heat, Flow Rates, Therapeutic Uses, Biota in Hot Springs, List of Hot Springs

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