Big Cub Geyser
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Big Cub Geyser is a geyser
in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park
in the United States
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Big Cub is part of the Lion's Group of geysers, a cluster of geysers that all share an underground connection. The other geysers in this group are Lion Geyser
, Lioness Geyser, and Little Cub Geyser.
Geyser
A geyser is a spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by a vapour phase . The word geyser comes from Geysir, the name of an erupting spring at Haukadalur, Iceland; that name, in turn, comes from the Icelandic verb geysa, "to gush", the verb...
in the Upper Geyser Basin of 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
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Big Cub is part of the Lion's Group of geysers, a cluster of geysers that all share an underground connection. The other geysers in this group are Lion Geyser
Lion Geyser
Lion Geyser is a cone-type geyser in in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. It is located in the Geyser Hill complex....
, Lioness Geyser, and Little Cub Geyser.