boiling spring

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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