geyser
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A geyser is a hot spring that periodically erupts, shooting water and steam forcefully into the air, as shown by the famous Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park. Geysers are rare natural phenomena that attract scientific interest and tourism because of their dramatic and predictable eruptions.
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22 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geology
- Form and function
- Eruptions
- General categorization
- Biology
- Major geyser fields and their distribution
- Yellowstone National Park
- Valley of Geysers, Russia
- El Tatio, Chile
- Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
- Iceland
- Extinct and dormant geyser fields
- Misnamed geysers
- Artificial geysers
- Perpetual spouter
- Commercialization
- Extraterrestrial geyser-like features
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.3|alt=Water ejecting from the ground and steam rising to the right|Old Faithful erupting at [[Yellowstone National Park]]
A geyser (, ) is a spring with an intermittent water discharge ejected turbulently and accompanied by steam. The formation of geysers is fairly rare and is caused by particular hydrogeological conditions that exist only in a few places on Earth.