Thermal lake
Boiling Springs Lake , a thermal lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California whose temperature is around 51 ° Celsius due to volcanic activity
A thermal lake is a lake that is supplied with water and heat by one or more thermal springs .
nature
The temperature increases by 3 K for every 100 meters underground . The water temperature on the surface can be used to calculate the depth from which the water, which crosses various rocks and minerals on its way up, comes. Thermal springs usually contain dissolved salts and the lakes have similar chemical structures, only differing in the amount of the individual components, the temperature and the quantity of CO 2 .
Thermal lakes (selection)
- The largest natural thermal lake in Europe with an area of around 4.4 hectares is located in the Hungarian city of Hévíz . This is fed by a thermal spring at a depth of 38 m.
- Lazise thermal lake in Italy with an area of around 5,000 m².
- Lake in part of Campiglia Marittima with 36 degrees Celsius.
- A mudslide forms a thermal lake at the geyser field of Dolina Geiserow in Russia.