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e) A natural hot spring that occasionally sprays hot water and streams? Q
hot spring --------------------- Hot springs rare most are just "Springs".
It is called a hot spring or geothermal spring.Where water is heated to steam underground, and erupts in a spray, it is called a geyser.
A hot spring is a spring in which water coming up from the ground is heated by the Earth's internal heat. A spring cannot fill with magma and remain a spring because the water would boil away. Nevertheless, hot springs can be hot enough to burn a person badly. In fact, some are so hot, their water could be used to cook food.
An erupting hot spring is a geyser.
It is known as a geyser.
A "geothermal" spring is a "hot" spring where the water is hot at the surface, heated by hot rocks or magma at depth.
e) A natural hot spring that occasionally sprays hot water and streams? Q
Hot spring
hot spring --------------------- Hot springs rare most are just "Springs".
It is called a hot spring or geothermal spring.Where water is heated to steam underground, and erupts in a spray, it is called a geyser.
A hot spring is a spring in which water coming up from the ground is heated by the Earth's internal heat. A spring cannot fill with magma and remain a spring because the water would boil away. Nevertheless, hot springs can be hot enough to burn a person badly. In fact, some are so hot, their water could be used to cook food.
An erupting hot spring is a geyser.
A geyser is a hot spring that erupts releasing water and steam. There are geysers in North America, Asia, Australia, and South America.
Those are called geysers.
Yep!
A hot spring that naturally shoots steam and boiling water is called a geyser.