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Badab-e Surt (باداب سورت)
Badab-e Surt (باداب سورت), also Badab Soort, is a stepped travertine terrace spring site at 1,841 m in Mazandaran, Iran, 95 km southeast of Sari, formed by two mineral springs, one salty and one iron-rich orange, registered as a national natural monument in 2008.
Hot springs of Australia
The hot springs of Australia are more than 50 thermal springs and pools heated by geothermal groundwater rather than volcanism, many tied to the Great Artesian Basin.
Hot springs of China
The hot springs of China number over 2,700, concentrated in Yunnan, Tibet, and the south, with a 3,000-year bathing tradition and a resort industry worth 242.83 billion yuan in 2017.
Hot springs of Mongolia and Central Asia
The hot springs of Mongolia and Central Asia are thermal waters emerging across Inner Asia's mountain belts without active volcanism, many developed into Soviet-era sanatoriums, several still operating.
Hot springs of Taiwan
The hot springs of Taiwan (台湾温泉) are thermal springs found island-wide, created by colliding tectonic plates and ranked among the world's top 15 hot spring destinations.
Hot springs of the Pacific islands
The hot springs of the Pacific islands are thermal springs across Melanesia, including near-boiling pools at Savusavu, Fiji, and 100°C springs on Savo volcano, Solomon Islands.
Jermuk
Jermuk (Ջերմուկ), Armenian spa town in Vayots Dzor at 2,080 m, about 170 km from Yerevan, built on some 40 thermal mineral springs (57-64 °C) compared with Karlovy Vary; Soviet resort founded 1940, source of Jermuk bottled water.
Manikaran
Manikaran: pilgrimage village in Parvati Valley, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, India, famed for hot springs up to 97 °C, Gurudwara Manikaran Sahib where langar cooks in spring water, and a 5 kW pilot geothermal plant.
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan (西山温泉慶雲館)
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan (西山温泉慶雲館), also called Koshu Nishiyama Hot Spring Keiunkan, is a hot-spring ryokan in Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan, founded in 705 by Fujiwara Mahito and Guinness-certified since 2011 as the world's oldest hotel.
Onsen (温泉)
Onsen (温泉) are Japanese hot springs and the bathing facilities built on them, legally defined by the 1948 Hot Spring Law, distinct from sento public baths, with over 2,300 facilities, nude bathing etiquette, and a toji spa-cure tradition.
Pink and White Terraces
Pink and White Terraces (Te Otukapuarangi, Te Tarata): giant silica sinter terraces at Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand, famed as the eighth wonder of the world, destroyed or buried by the 1886 Mount Tarawera eruption; location and survival still disputed.