Tag:natural=geothermal

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View across the hot lakes in Hell's Gate thermal area.jpg
Description
A place of unspecified geothermal activity. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: natural
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
Status: in use

Any geothermally active area that is heated by hot groundwater coming to the surface. This can include areas around hot springs, fumaroles, geysers, hot pools, mudpots, hydrothermal explosion craters, as well as areas of ground that may not be very hot but emit steam or other hot gases that come from ground water that has been heated by underlying hot rocks. The heat source need not be volcanic in origin.

How to map

Draw an area area around the grounds of the geothermally active area or place a node node at the centre of the grounds. Add natural=geothermal. You can also name it with name=*.

Geysers and hot springs have their own tags.

Tags used in combination

  • name=* - Name
  • ref=* - Reference code or number.

Possible synonyms

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If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

See also

  • natural=hot_spring - A place where natural hot water comes out of the ground.
  • natural=geyser - A place where water is periodically ejected under pressure from the ground from a vent as a result of some of the ground water becoming superheated and turning into steam or a build up of a natural gas such as CO2.
  • generator:source=geothermal