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thumb|upright=1.3|alt=Water ejecting from the ground and steam rising to the right|Old Faithful erupting at [[Yellowstone National Park]]

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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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Contents

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.