Jacob's Well (Texas)
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| Country or region | Hays County , Texas ( United States ) | |||
| Coordinates | 30 ° 2 '4 " N , 98 ° 7' 34" W. | |||
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| geology | ||||
| Mountains | Texas Hill Country | |||
| Source type | Karst spring | |||
| Exit type | Artesian spring | |||
| Hydrology | ||||
| River system | Guadalupe River | |||
| Receiving waters | Cypress Creek → Blanco River → San Marcos River → Guadalupe River → Gulf of Mexico | |||
| Bulk | 640 l / s | |||
| depth | 9.1 m | |||
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Coordinates: 30 ° 2 '4 " N , 98 ° 7' 34" W.
Jacob's Well ( German ' Jakobsbrunnen ' ) is a karst spring in the state of Texas in the United States .
description
The source is in Hays County northwest of the city of Wimberley . It is located in the Texas Hill Country and is the origin of Cypress Creek . Jacob's Well rises as an artesian spring from a 3.7 m wide and 9.1 m deep vertical water cave . The spring opening in the rock is popular with swimmers and divers. The water cave continues through a series of underground chambers and can be navigated to a depth of 37 m. Diving in Jacob's Well is dangerous, however; there have already been eight fatal diving accidents . The karst spring pours an average of 640 liters of water per second. A suspension of the pouring has already been observed, as in the years 2000 and 2008.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dedden, John Eric. "The Hydrology and Biology of Cypress Creek (Hays County), a Subtropical Karstic Stream in South Central Texas." Texas State University-San Marcos. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/bioltad/14/ (English)
- ↑ Bond, Louie. "The Fatal Allure of JACOB'S WELL." 2001. http://www.visitwimberley.com/jacobswell/index.shtml (English)
- ↑ "Jacob's Well Stops Flowing." Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
