Heat from magma deep beneath the Earth's surface warms underground water, which then rises due to temperature differences. This heated water emerges naturally, creating geothermal features.

Water heated by magma can rise through cracks and emerge naturally at the surface as a hot spring. A dike is an intrusion of magma, a lava plateau forms from repeated lava flows, and a mud pot is a pool of bubbling mud.

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