SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Indonesia
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Iceland
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Detailed explanation-1: -Geysir, also called Great Geysir, geyser located in the Hauka valley (Haukadalur), southwestern Iceland. The spouting hot spring gave its name (in use since 1647) to similar phenomena around the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -A geyser is a rare kind of hot spring that is under pressure and erupts, sending jets of water and steam into the air. Geysers are made from a tube-like hole in the Earth’s surface that runs deep into the crust.
Detailed explanation-3: -Subsurface magma heats groundwater, creating steam and hot water. The hot, less dense water rises through fissures and cracks in the ground. When it reaches the surface, features such as geysers, fumaroles, hot springs, and mud pits are created.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definition. A hot spring is a discharge of hot (>35–40°C) water from a vent at the Earth’s surface. A geyser is a hot spring characterized by intermittent, turbulent discharges of boiling water and steam. A sublacustrine hot spring is a hot spring that discharges from the floor of a lake.