A natural pool or spring where groundwater heated by nearby magma or residual volcanic heat rises to the surface at an elevated temperature, often carrying dissolved minerals that can deposit distinctive colorful terraces around the spring's outlet. Hot springs occur in geothermally active regions worldwide and have long attracted both scientific interest and recreational use.
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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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