The surface expression of heat escaping from the Earth's interior, appearing as hot springs, fumaroles, mud pots and geysers where groundwater is heated by nearby magma or residual volcanic heat. Regions of high geothermal activity, such as Yellowstone and Iceland, sit above unusually shallow heat sources and are increasingly tapped for geothermal power generation.
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1. Geothermal activity (Wikipedia)
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can manifest itself in a variety of different phenomena, including, among others, elevated surface temperatures, various forms of hydrothermal activity, and the presence of fumaroles.
Hot spring (Wikipedia)
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A hot spring, thermal spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth.
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