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Hot spring

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Grand Prismatic Spring and Midway Geyser Basin inYellowstone National Park
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Hot spring in Lassen Volcanic National Park

Ahot springis aspringproduced by the emergence ofgeothermallyheatedgroundwaterfrom the Earth'scrust.Hot springs are in many places, especially inmountains.

Definitions

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"Blood Pond" hot spring in Beppu,Japan

There is no universally accepted definition of a hot spring. For example, one can find the phrasehot springdefined as

  • any geothermal spring[1]
  • a spring with water temperatures above its surroundings[2][3]
  • a spring with water temperatures above 50 °C (122 °F)[4]
  • a natural spring with water temperature abovebody temperature– normally between 36.5 and 37.5 °C (97.7 and 99.5 °F)[5][6][7][8][9]
  • a natural spring of water greater than 21.1 °C (70 °F) (synonymous with thermal spring)[10][11][12][13]
  • a natural discharge ofgroundwaterwith elevated temperatures[14]

Sources of heat

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Thewaterissuing from a hot spring is heated bygeothermal energy,i.e., heat from theEarth'smantle.

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References

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  1. ↑"MSN Encarta definition of hot spring".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-11-01.Retrieved2011-01-14.
  2. ↑Miriam-Webster Online dictionary definition of hot spring
  3. ↑For example, ambient ground temperature is usually around 55–57 °F (13–14 °C) in the easternUnited States
  4. ↑USNOAAGeophysical Data Center definition
  5. ↑Wordsmyth definition of hot spring
  6. ↑"American Heritage dictionary, fourth edition (2000) definition of hot spring".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-03-10.Retrieved2011-01-14.
  7. ↑Infoplease definition of hot spring
  8. ↑"Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. definition of hot spring".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-01-23.Retrieved2011-01-14.
  9. ↑Allan Pentecost, B. Jones, R.W. Renaut (2003)."What is a hot spring?".Can. J. Earth Sci.40(11): 1443–6.Bibcode:2003CaJES..40.1443P.doi:10.1139/e03-083.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-03-11.Retrieved2011-01-14.{{cite journal}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)provides a critical discussion of the definition of a hot spring.
  10. ↑"Wordnet 2.0 definition of hot spring".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-01-23.Retrieved2011-01-14.
  11. ↑Ultralingua Online Dictionary definition of hot spring
  12. ↑Rhymezone definition of hot spring
  13. ↑Lookwayup definition of hot spring
  14. ↑"Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition, article on hot spring".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-02-11.Retrieved2011-01-14.
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