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That spring, vauclusian; rising, vauclusian is 1. a type of rising or spring where direct drainage from the phreas flows up a flooded cave passage under pressure to emerge in daylight. the term is best applied where water rises from a vertical or very steep bedrock passage. such risings are named after the fontaine de vaucluse in southern france. the river sorgue rises from the fontaine with a mean flow of 26 cubic meters per second. its upper part is steeply inclined, but a depth it is vertical. a diver has reached a depth of -200m, and a robot reached -243m, below which the flooded shaft continues [9]. 2. large karst spring (name by fournet, after la sorgue en vaucluse, france) characterized by a stream surging up as from a siphon. also applied to karst springs with artesian characteristics [20]. 3. a large spring or exsurgence of an underground river, generally from limestone, that varies greatly in output and is impenetrable except with diving apparatus [10]. synonym: (american.) gushing spring; (french.) source vauclusienne, bouillidou (south of france); (german.) vauclusequelle, (riesenquelle); (greek.) kephalari/vauclusiana pighi; (italian.) sorgente valchiusana; (russian.) vokljuz; (spanish.) fuente vauclusiana, ojo, heryidero; (turkish.) basinccli kaynak; (yugoslavian.) voklisko vrelo, obrh. see also gushing spring.?

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