- vauclusian spring
- See spring, vauclusian.
A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
vauclusian spring
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spring, boiling — 1. An uncommon type of vauclusian spring, where the flow is large enough in a constricted site to form turbulence on the surface of the resurgence pool [9]. 2. (Jamaican.) A. variable discharge artesian spring in which hydrostatic pressure… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
spring, vauclusian — ; rising, vauclusian 1. A type of rising or spring where direct drainage from the phreas flows up a flooded cave passage under pressure to emerge in daylight. The term is best applied where water rises from a vertical or very steep bedrock… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
vauclusian rising — See spring, vauclusian … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
spring — 1. Point where underground water emerges on to the surface, not exclusive to limestone, but generally larger in cavernous rocks. The image of a trickle of water springing from a hillside hardly matches that of a vast cave pouring forth a river … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
gushing spring — See spring, vauclusian … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
ojo, ojo de agua — (Spanish.) An artesian spring in limestone regions, especially one forming a small pond; a vauclusian spring [10] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
rising — 1. The resurgence of an underground watercourse, usually at the base margin of the calcareous massif, although in the instance of a blind valley the rising has eroded headwards for some distance. Each rising accounts for the collective… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
