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A hot spring that discharges intermittent jets of steam and water is called a geyser. Geysers are generally associated with recent volcanic activity. They are produced by the heating of underground waters that have come into contact with, or are very close to, magma. Geyser discharges as high as 1,600 ft (500 m) have been recorded, but 160 ft (50 m) is much more common. Occasionally, a geyser will adopt an extremely regular and predictable pattern of intermittent activity and discharge for a few minutes every hour or so (for example, Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park).
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Visit Rotorua’s geothermal landscape—with its boiling mud pools and gushing geysers—to learn more about the country’s Indigenous Maori culture, and head to Tongariro National Park for an epic hike in Lord of the Rings territory.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
Spend your days here exploring geysers, salt flats, and alien-like landscapes before melting into the Uma Spa, where treatments draw from the local environment for inspiration and involve volcanic stones and desert botanicals.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
Boats from Congo Marine were utilized during the flooding to evacuate residents of a mobile home park on Arkansas 5.
After Rock Creek in Little Rock flooded, a car floated into an Arkansas-Louisiana gas line, causing a 60-foot geyser to erupt from the surface.
—arkansasonline.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Geyser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geyser. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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geyser
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from Icelandic Geyser "a hot spring in Iceland," from geysa "to rush forth"
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