Gorges and karst plateaux feature 700 caves, hundreds of sinkholes, a 9-km-long thermal-water maze under a town and more than 1, 600 clear-water springs.
In rural Quang Ngai province the authorities are seeking hoteliers to develop its golden, palm-fringed and empty beaches, and dream of building spa resorts around the hot-water springs that bubble up through the province's rice paddies.
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But councillors in Bath fear the water courses which supply the springs in the World Heritage city could be contaminated by the process, or that water could change direction through new fractures in the rock.
The building was designed by William Errington in 1875 with the purpose of bringing water from the Western Springs Reservoir to Auckland.
Turning east, the forested road (about 60km from Batak) leads to Devin, a small town famous for its mineral water and therapeutic hot springs.
Don Menard, the parish's president, said Sunday afternoon that water levels in Krotz Springs appear lower than expected -- though he said he thought they'd rise considerably after midnight, and especially if and when more floodgates are opened.
Bath, that home town in the SW of England, is claiming that exploratory fracking 15 miles away, in the Mendips, would threaten the supply of hot water to the famous springs and thus damage the economy of the City.
Bristol Water said the consultancy Arup was checking whether there was enough water available from the Cheddar Springs source to fill an extra reservoir in Cheddar.
I'd had some pop open, the pins and springs dropping into the water.
People have come to Budapest since Roman times to benefit from the healing properties of the thermal water bubbling up from the 118 springs beneath the city.
The two wells -- one is 855 feet deep, the other is 1, 242 feet deep -- are recharged by mountain springs, which get their water from snowmelt off nearby mountains.
Public access to the thermal water in President Clinton's hometown of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was shut-off when the shutdown began.
Surrounded by colourful springs and steaming vents, it can shoot water up to 70m into the sky.
There is nothing like lying in the hot springs and bracing for a surge of cold sea water.
The resort touts itself as a "comprehensive water park" that integrates regular swimming pools and the traditional hot springs.
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There is also a water delivery service for businesses and home that features brands including Cristal Springs, Sierra Springs, Kentwood Springs, and Belmont Springs among others.
Horse Springs Ranch had two precious things going for it, however: water and wildlife.
Yet at hot springs and thermal spas where radon typically is found in the air or water along with carbon dioxide, sulphur gases and trace elements of other minerals, health-seekers sing its praises.
Recent pictures from it suggest that water might exist just below the surface and could still emerge on to the Martian surface as springs.
The Forest Service says Tombstone holds permits for just five springs, and it argues the city is trying to exploit a natural disaster to expand its water system.
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Tombstone now asserts that it owns 25 springs in the Huachuca Mountains and shouldn't have to ask anyone for permission to maintain its own water line.
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