WELLS AND SPRINGS

Young Students Learning Library | 1996 | Copyright

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In most places, if you dig a deep enough hole, you will hit water. A hole dug for the purpose of finding water is a well. In some places, water flows freely from a small opening in the ground. This natural flow of water is called a spring. Springs with water warmer than body temperature are called hot springs. Hot Springs, Arkansas, is noted as a health resort because of the waters there.

The water that flows from wells and springs comes from the groundwater held beneath the Earth's surface. Rainwater soaks into the ground and sinks until it hits rock. If the rock…

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