Big Alcove Spring
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Big Alcove Spring is a hot spring
in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
in the United States
. In 1996 the water temperature was 92.4 °C (198.3 °F).
Hot spring
A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater from the Earth's crust. There are geothermal hot springs in many locations all over the crust of the earth.-Definitions:...
in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...
in the United States
United States
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. In 1996 the water temperature was 92.4 °C (198.3 °F).