List of karst springs

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This is a list of karst springs. There are different types of karst springs, including inversacs (or estavelles), Vauclusian springs, vruljas, and others. All of them form in limestone settings.[1]

Image | Name | Average
discharge | Place | State
(Province) | River system | Basin
(km²) | Location

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| Kladuk[2] | 150,000-180,000 L/s  | Sayosa Distrik

Kampong Saluk

| Indonesia

(West Papua)

| Aouk-Kladuk-Kabra[3] | ca. 2800  |  [ ⚑ ] 1°06′08″S 131°47′22″E﻿ / ﻿1.102088°S 131.789529°E﻿ / -1.102088; 131.789529﻿ (Kladuk)
| Aachtopf  | 8,590 L/s
303 cu ft/s  | Aach  | Germany
(Baden-Württemberg) | Rhine  | 240  |  [ ⚑ ] 47°50′48″N 8°51′28″E﻿ / ﻿47.846708°N 8.857863°E﻿ / 47.846708; 8.857863﻿ (Aachtopf)
| Ain ez Zarqa  | 13,000 L/s
460 cu ft/s[4] | Hermel | Lebanon
(Beqaa Governorate) | Orentes  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 34°21′08″N 36°22′23″E﻿ / ﻿34.352222°N 36.373056°E﻿ / 34.352222; 36.373056﻿ (Ain ez Zarqa)
| Big Spring  | 286 million US gal/d
12,500 L/s[5] | Ozarks, Missouri  | US
(Missouri) | Mississippi  |  |
| Vrelo Trebišnjice  | 125 m3/s
4,400 cu ft/s

220 m3/s
7,800 cu ft/s  | Bileća  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Trebišnjica-Neretva  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 42°51′52″N 18°25′17″E﻿ / ﻿42.8644525°N 18.4212613°E﻿ / 42.8644525; 18.4212613﻿ (Trebišnjica wellsprings group)
| Vrelo Bune  | 43,000 L/s
1,500 cu ft/s  | Mostar  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Neretva  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 43°15′25″N 17°54′12″E﻿ / ﻿43.256901°N 17.903445°E﻿ / 43.256901; 17.903445﻿ (Vrelo Bune)
| Bunica wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Mostar  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Neretva  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 43°13′17″N 17°53′24″E﻿ / ﻿43.2213617°N 17.8901196°E﻿ / 43.2213617; 17.8901196﻿ (Bunica)
| Sana wellsprings group  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Ribnik  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 44°19′03″N 16°50′12″E﻿ / ﻿44.3173773°N 16.8365586°E﻿ / 44.3173773; 16.8365586﻿ (Sana wellsprings group)
| Ribnik wellsprings group  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Ribnik  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 44°24′12″N 16°47′59″E﻿ / ﻿44.4032695°N 16.7998445°E﻿ / 44.4032695; 16.7998445﻿ (Ribnik wellsprings group)
| Sanica wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Sanica  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 44°36′23″N 16°37′07″E﻿ / ﻿44.606495°N 16.618516°E﻿ / 44.606495; 16.618516﻿ (Sanica_(river))
| Dabar wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Sanski Most  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 44°42′34″N 16°38′22″E﻿ / ﻿44.7093608°N 16.6394055°E﻿ / 44.7093608; 16.6394055﻿ (Dabar_(river))
| Krušnica wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Bosanska Krupa  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 44°50′41″N 16°10′06″E﻿ / ﻿44.84472°N 16.1682996°E﻿ / 44.84472; 16.1682996﻿ (Krušnica_(Una))
| Bastašica wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Drvar  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 44°23′31″N 16°19′37″E﻿ / ﻿44.3919433°N 16.3268101°E﻿ / 44.3919433; 16.3268101﻿ (Bastašica wellsprings)
| Bioštica wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Sokolac  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 43°59′27″N 18°46′47″E﻿ / ﻿43.990715°N 18.7796205°E﻿ / 43.990715; 18.7796205﻿ (Bioštica)
| Mokranjska Miljacka wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Pale  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 43°59′27″N 18°46′47″E﻿ / ﻿43.990715°N 18.7796205°E﻿ / 43.990715; 18.7796205﻿ (Mokranjska Miljacka wellspring cave)
| Krupa wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Krupa na Vrbasu  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 44°37′07″N 17°06′21″E﻿ / ﻿44.6185773°N 17.1058846°E﻿ / 44.6185773; 17.1058846﻿ (Krupa (Vrbas))
| Bistrica wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Livno  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Cetina  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 43°49′57″N 17°00′32″E﻿ / ﻿43.8326132°N 17.0087698°E﻿ / 43.8326132; 17.0087698﻿ (Bistrica (Livanjsko Polje))
| Trebižat wellsprings  | 0 L/s
0 cu ft/s  | Grude  | Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Neretva  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 43°20′12″N 17°19′24″E﻿ / ﻿43.336715°N 17.323457°E﻿ / 43.336715; 17.323457﻿ (Trebižat_(river))
| Blautopf  | 2,300 L/s
81 cu ft/s  | Blaubeuren  | Germany
(Baden-Württemberg) | Danube  | ca. 150  |  [ ⚑ ] 48°24′58″N 9°47′04″E﻿ / ﻿48.416228°N 9.78433°E﻿ / 48.416228; 9.78433﻿ (Blautopf)
| Brenztopf  | 1,270 L/s
45 cu ft/s  | Königsbronn  | Germany
(Baden-Württemberg) | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 48°44′15″N 10°06′47″E﻿ / ﻿48.73747°N 10.112979°E﻿ / 48.73747; 10.112979﻿ (Brenztopf)
| Brunnenmühlenquelle  | 1,500 L/s
53 cu ft/s  | Heidenheim  | Germany
(Baden-Württemberg) | Danube  | > 100  |  [ ⚑ ] 48°39′55″N 10°09′00″E﻿ / ﻿48.665178°N 10.149972°E﻿ / 48.665178; 10.149972﻿ (Brunnenmühlenquelle)
| Buchbrunnenquelle  | 927 L/s
32.7 cu ft/s  | Dischingen  | Germany
(Baden-Württemberg) | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 48°40′49″N 10°21′51″E﻿ / ﻿48.680375°N 10.364088°E﻿ / 48.680375; 10.364088﻿ (Buchbrunnenquelle)
| Creux-Genat  |  | Courtedoux  | Switzerland
(Kanton Jura) | Rhone  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 47°23′47″N 7°01′38″E﻿ / ﻿47.396372°N 7.0273°E﻿ / 47.396372; 7.0273﻿ (Creux-Genat)
| Dan-Quelle  | 6,000 L/s
210 cu ft/s  | Dan  | Israel
(Galiläa) | Jordan  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 33°14′55″N 35°39′09″E﻿ / ﻿33.248639°N 35.652472°E﻿ / 33.248639; 35.652472﻿ (Dan-Quelle)
| Foce del Timavo  |  | San Giovanni al Timavo  | Italy
(Gorizia) | Timavo  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 45°47′12″N 13°35′30″E﻿ / ﻿45.786694°N 13.591557°E﻿ / 45.786694; 13.591557﻿ (Foce del Timavo)
| Fosse Dionne  | 311 L/s
11.0 cu ft/s  | Tonnerre  | France
(Yonne) | Armançon/Yonne/Seine  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 47°51′24″N 3°58′14″E﻿ / ﻿47.85667°N 3.97056°E﻿ / 47.85667; 3.97056﻿ (Fosse Dionne)
| Gailachquelle  | 650 L/s
23 cu ft/s  | Mühlheim  | Germany
(Bayern) | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 48°51′37″N 10°59′20″E﻿ / ﻿48.860278°N 10.988889°E﻿ / 48.860278; 10.988889﻿ (Gailachquelle)
| Gleßbrunnen  | 700 L/s
25 cu ft/s  | Wolkertshofen  | Germany
(Bayern) | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 48°47′38″N 11°15′17″E﻿ / ﻿48.793903°N 11.254742°E﻿ / 48.793903; 11.254742﻿ (Gleßbrunnen)
| Hederquellen  | 1,900 L/s
67 cu ft/s  | Upsprunge  | Germany
(Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Rhine  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 51°39′13″N 8°36′03″E﻿ / ﻿51.653731°N 8.600808°E﻿ / 51.653731; 8.600808﻿ (Hederquellen)
| Izvor Omble  | 24,000 L/s
850 cu ft/s  | Dubrovnik  | Croatia
(Dubrovnik-Neretva) | Ombla  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 42°40′33″N 18°08′10″E﻿ / ﻿42.67575°N 18.136083°E﻿ / 42.67575; 18.136083﻿ (Izvor Omble)
| Kesselquelle  | 700 L/s
25 cu ft/s  | Zwiefalten  | Germany
(Baden-Württemberg) | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 48°13′47″N 9°27′09″E﻿ / ﻿48.229677°N 9.4526°E﻿ / 48.229677; 9.4526﻿ (Kesselquelle)
| Kocherursprung  | 680 L/s
24 cu ft/s  | Oberkochen  | Germany
(Baden-Württemberg) | Rhine  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 48°46′20″N 10°05′43″E﻿ / ﻿48.772097°N 10.095367°E﻿ / 48.772097; 10.095367﻿ (Kocherursprung)
| Krasny Klyuch (ru)  | 14,880 L/s
525 cu ft/s  | Krasny Klyuch  | Russia
(Bashkortostan) | Volga  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 55°22′36″N 56°40′47″E﻿ / ﻿55.37666°N 56.679615°E﻿ / 55.37666; 56.679615﻿ (Krasny Klyuch)
| Lippequelle  | 740 L/s
26 cu ft/s  | Bad Lippspringe  | Germany
(Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Rhine  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 51°46′53″N 8°49′20″E﻿ / ﻿51.781489°N 8.822225°E﻿ / 51.781489; 8.822225﻿ (Lippequelle)
| Le Bouillon  |  | Orléans  | France
(Département Loiret) | Loire  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 47°51′01″N 1°56′15″E﻿ / ﻿47.850278°N 1.9375°E﻿ / 47.850278; 1.9375﻿ (Le Bouillon)
| Louequelle  | 6,890 L/s
243 cu ft/s  | Ouhans  | France
(Département Doubs) | Rhone  | 1760  |  [ ⚑ ] 47°00′41″N 6°17′55″E﻿ / ﻿47.011389°N 6.298611°E﻿ / 47.011389; 6.298611﻿ (Louequelle)
| Paderquellen  | 5,000 L/s
180 cu ft/s  | Paderborn  | Germany
(Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Rhine  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 51°43′09″N 8°45′00″E﻿ / ﻿51.719064°N 8.750128°E﻿ / 51.719064; 8.750128﻿ (Paderquellen)
| Palfauer Wasserloch  | 2,000 L/s
71 cu ft/s  | Palfau  | Austria
(Steiermark) | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 47°42′51″N 14°51′25″E﻿ / ﻿47.714093°N 14.856992°E﻿ / 47.714093; 14.856992﻿ (Palfauer Wasserloch)
| Pießling-Ursprung  | 2,000 L/s
71 cu ft/s  | Roßleithen  | Austria
(Oberösterreich) | Danube  | ca. 95  |  [ ⚑ ] 47°41′34″N 14°16′34″E﻿ / ﻿47.692722°N 14.276028°E﻿ / 47.692722; 14.276028﻿ (Pießling-Ursprung)
| Résurgence de la Vis  | 5,260 L/s
186 cu ft/s  | Vissec  | France
(Département Gard) | Hérault  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 44°01′08″N 3°28′29″E﻿ / ﻿44.018889°N 3.474722°E﻿ / 44.018889; 3.474722﻿ (Résurgence de la Vis)
| Rhumequelle  | 2,000 L/s
71 cu ft/s  | Rhumspringe  | Germany
(Niedersachsen) | Weser  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 51°35′23″N 10°18′37″E﻿ / ﻿51.589656°N 10.310175°E﻿ / 51.589656; 10.310175﻿ (Rhumequelle)
| Rinquelle  |  | Amden  | Switzerland
(Kanton St. Gallen) | Rhine  | ca. 50  |  [ ⚑ ] 47°08′17″N 9°09′54″E﻿ / ﻿47.138099°N 9.165092°E﻿ / 47.138099; 9.165092﻿ (Rinquelle)
| Salzaspring  | 704 L/s
24.9 cu ft/s  | Nordhausen  | Germany
(Thüringen) | Elbe  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 51°31′49″N 10°45′43″E﻿ / ﻿51.530192°N 10.761945°E﻿ / 51.530192; 10.761945﻿ (Salzaspring)
| Siebenbrünnen  |  | Lenk  | Switzerland
(Kanton Bern) | Rhine  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 46°24′45″N 7°28′47″E﻿ / ﻿46.412375°N 7.479786°E﻿ / 46.412375; 7.479786﻿ (Siebenbrünnen)
| Sorgue-Quelle  | 21,000 L/s
740 cu ft/s  | Fontaine-de-Vaucluse  | France
(Département Vaucluse) | Rhone  | ca. 11000  |  [ ⚑ ] 43°55′10″N 5°07′53″E﻿ / ﻿43.919564°N 5.131465°E﻿ / 43.919564; 5.131465﻿ (Sorgue-Quelle)
| Source de l'Orbe  |  | Vallorbe  | Switzerland
(Vaud) | Rhine  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 46°41′53″N 6°20′43″E﻿ / ﻿46.697993°N 6.34537°E﻿ / 46.697993; 6.34537﻿ (Source de l'Orbe)
| Source du Lison  |  | Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne  | France
(Département Doubs) | Rhone  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 46°57′56″N 6°00′41″E﻿ / ﻿46.965556°N 6.011389°E﻿ / 46.965556; 6.011389﻿ (Source du Lison)
| Syri i Kaltër  | 6,000 L/s
210 cu ft/s  | Saranda  | Albania
(Vlora) | Bistrica  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 39°55′25″N 20°11′34″E﻿ / ﻿39.923611°N 20.192778°E﻿ / 39.923611; 20.192778﻿ (Syri i Kaltër)
| Te Waikoropupū Springs  | 14,000 L/s
490 cu ft/s[6] | Tākaka  | New Zealand
(Tasman District) | Tākaka  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 40°50′52″S 172°46′10″E﻿ / ﻿40.84778°S 172.76944°E﻿ / -40.84778; 172.76944﻿ (Te Waikoropupū Springs)
| Wakulla Springs  | 260 million US gal/d
11,000 L/s[7] | Wakulla County, Florida  | US
(Florida) | Wakulla/St. Marks  |  |
| Divje jezero  |  | Idrija  | Slovenia
(Goriška) | Jezernica  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 45°58′56″N 14°01′41″E﻿ / ﻿45.98229°N 14.02812°E﻿ / 45.98229; 14.02812﻿ (Divje jezero)
| Wimsener Höhle  | 590 L/s
21 cu ft/s  | Zwiefalten  | Germany
(Baden-Württemberg) | Danube  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 48°15′24″N 9°26′54″E﻿ / ﻿48.256777°N 9.448242°E﻿ / 48.256777; 9.448242﻿ (Wimsener Höhle)
| Jacob's Well |  | Wimberly  | USA
(Texas) | Guadalupe River  |  |  [ ⚑ ] 30°02′04″N 98°07′34″W﻿ / ﻿30.03437°N 98.126016°W﻿ / 30.03437; -98.126016
| Lathkill Head Cave  |  | Peak District  | England
(Derbyshire) | Trent  |  | SK170658
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## References

1. ↑ Elmer LaMoreaux, Philip (2001). "Geologic/Hydrogeologic Setting and Classification of Springs". Springs and Bottled Waters of the World: Ancient History, Source, Occurrence, Quality and Use. Springer. p. 57. ISBN 9783540618416. https://books.google.com/books?id=sjEoBmfUka0C&pg=PA57.
2. ↑ "Aouk Underground River" (in en). Issuu. https://issuu.com/speleo1973/docs/extracted_aouk_underground_river__2.
3. ↑ Below, Darkness. "West Papua – Darkness Below" (in en-US). http://darknessbelow.co.uk/category/news/world-news/west-papua/.
4. ↑ Scheffel, Richard L., ed (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. pp. 34. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
5. ↑ "Big Spring". https://www.nps.gov/ozar/planyourvisit/big-spring.htm.
6. ↑ "Te Waikoropupū Springs". https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/nelson-tasman/places/takaka-area/te-waikoropupu-springs/.
7. ↑ "Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park". http://www.floridasprings.org/visit/map/wakulla/.

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