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Steam coming from a depression in the ground.
A geologist discovers this vent in the ground with steam rising from it. After observing it for a few minutes, some water erupts from the vent. The water is extremely hot.

Which feature has this geologist found?

artesian well
geyser
spring
water table

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geyser

Explanation: steam rising from a vent and then hot water erupting from a ground depression describes a geyser (periodic, steam-driven eruptions). A spring flows continuously, an artesian well is pressured groundwater in a bore or confined aquifer, and the water table is the subsurface level of groundwater.