hot spring

spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater
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hot spring

Summary

hot spring ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,798 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hot spring is a type of spring[2].
  • hot spring's Commons category is recorded as Hot springs[3].
  • hot spring is the opposite of cold spring[4].
  • hot spring's Unicode character is recorded as ♨[5].
  • hot spring comprises hot water[6].
  • hot spring's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hot springs[7].
  • hot spring's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[8].
  • hot spring's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • hot spring's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[10].
  • hot spring's partially coincident with is recorded as medicinal spring[11].
  • hot spring's partially coincident with is recorded as thermal bath[12].
  • hot spring's has characteristic is recorded as temperature[13].
  • hot spring's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/HotSpring[14].
  • hot spring's different from is recorded as terma[15].
  • hot spring's different from is recorded as boiling spring[16].
  • hot spring's different from is recorded as thermae[17].
  • hot spring's different from is recorded as therma (thermal bath)[18].
  • hot spring's different from is recorded as spa[19].
  • hot spring's has list is recorded as list of hot springs[20].
  • hot spring's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000051[21].
  • hot spring's permanent duplicated item is recorded as spring[22].
  • hot spring's Digital Atlas of Idaho URL is recorded as https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/hydr/main/images/htsprng.jpg[23].

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Definition and Type

hot spring is a type of spring[2]. It is the opposite of cold spring[4].

Use and Application

hot spring comprises hot water[6].

Influence

Things named for hot spring include Radium Hot Springs[24], a village[25], in Canada[26]; Saline County[27], a county of Missouri[28], in United States[29], founded in 1820[30]; Hot Springs County[31], a county of Wyoming[32], in United States[33], founded in 1913[34]; and Chaudefonds-sur-Layon[35], a commune of France[36], in France[37].

Why It Matters

hot spring ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,798 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for it include Radium Hot Springs[24], a village[25], in Canada[26]; Saline County[27], a county of Missouri[28], in United States[29], founded in 1820[30]; Hot Springs County[31], a county of Wyoming[32], in United States[33], founded in 1913[34]; and Chaudefonds-sur-Layon[35], a commune of France[36], in France[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Classification of Springs. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from terma, boiling spring, thermae +2
    Aliases
    Subclass of spring
    Has part(s) hot water
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13869, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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