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That spring is 1. point where underground water emerges on to the surface, not exclusive to limestone, but generally larger in cavernous rocks. the image of a trickle of water springing from a hillside hardly matches that of a vast cave pouring forth a river, but both are called springs. among the world's largest is the dumanli spring, turkey, with a mean flow of over 50 cubic meters per second. springs may be exsurgences or resurgences, depending upon the source of their water, and also may be vauclusian in character [9]. 2. a natural outflow of water (or other liquid or gas) at the surface of the land or into surface water. in some usages. `spring' is restricted to the water which outflows, in other usages the word can refer to the water, the outlet, or to the locality of the outflow [20]. 3. any natural discharge of water from rock or soil onto the surface of the land or into a body of surface water [10]. 4. a discrete place where ground water flows naturally from a rock or the soil onto the land surface or into a body of surface water [22]. synonyms: (french.) source; (german.) quelle; (greek.) pighi; (italian.) sorgente; (russian.) istocnik; (spanish.) fuente; (turkish.) kynak. see also seep.?

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