The story
Niland+geyser. From being located close to Niland, California, USA; from being a bubbling spring.
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Niland Geyser
Today it means: A cold spring in Salton Trough, Imperial County, California, United States; a carbon dioxide bubbling mudpot that is the only known moving mudpool in the world. Full definition →