File:Aerial_view_of_Grand_Prismatic_(23428929375).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ177380· pop 77· linked from 2,133 articles

hot spring

Also known as hot springs

spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater

AI overview

A hot spring is a natural spring where water heated deep underground by Earth's internal heat rises to the surface. Hot springs matter because they provide insight into geological processes, offer recreational and therapeutic opportunities, and can be harnessed as a renewable energy source.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Research

6,437 papers

Terrestrial Hot Spring Systems: Introduction.ReviewAstrobiology · 2019Des Marais DJ, Walter MRDOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1976
Hot spring and sauna use for improving blood lipid profiles: A systematic review and expert consensus on efficacy and recommendations.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2025Yamasaki S, Tokunou T, Kashiwado Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2025.103241
Effects of hot spring bathing on cardiac and vascular function.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2023Ojima S, Ohishi MDOI: 10.1038/s41440-023-01290-2
Overview and trend analysis of global hot spring research based on bibliometrics and knowledge graph visualization.ReviewComplementary therapies in medicine · 2024Li X, Yang X, Ou J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2024.103102
Biogeography and taxonomic overview of terrestrial hot spring thermophilic phages.ReviewExtremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2018Zablocki O, van Zyl L, Trindade MDOI: 10.1007/s00792-018-1052-5
Potential Association of Legionnaires' Disease with Hot Spring Water, Hot Springs National Park and Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, 2018-2019.ReviewEmerging infectious diseases · 2022James AE, Kesteloot K, Paul JT et al.DOI: 10.3201/eid2801.211090
Hot spring bathing accelerates wound healing and enhances heat retention effect in guinea pigs.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2022Inaka K, Kimura TDOI: 10.1292/jvms.22-0335
[Stress-relieving Effect of Hot Spring Baths in Macaques].ReviewBrain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo · 2019Takeshita RSCDOI: 10.11477/mf.1416201305

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Image: Churning Caldron.jpg

Show 5 more facts

Digital Atlas of Idaho URL: digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/hydr/main/images/htsprng.jpg
Unicode character: ♨
Commons category: Hot springs
equivalent class: dbpedia.org/ontology/HotSpring
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000051

Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

~25 min read

Article

Grand Prismatic Spring and Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park

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. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circulation through faults to hot rock deep in the Earth's crust.