GEYSERS

Compiled by Chilman Sahni

Geysers are jets of boiling water and steam that erupt from beneath the ground where water is heated by volcanic activity. The name geysers comes from a hot spring called Geyser at Haukadalur, Iceland. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA has more geysers than anywhere else. There are 500 active ones including steamboat geyser, which erupts to a height of 120m, and Old Faithful geyser, which erupts about every 91 minutes.

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