boiling spring

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boiling spring [′bȯil·iŋ ‚spriŋ]

(hydrology)

A spring which emits water at a high temperature or at boiling point.

A spring located at the head of an interior valley and rising from the bottom of a residual clay basin.

A rapidly flowing spring that develops strong vertical eddies.

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