Editing Hot Springs, Arkansas (section)

===Natural springs===
The city takes its name from the natural thermal water that flows from 47 springs on the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain in the historic downtown district of the city. About {{convert|1000000|USgal|ML}} of {{convert|143|F|C}} water flow from the springs each day.<ref>{{ cite journal |last1= Bedinger |first1= M.S. |last2= Pearson |first2= F.J. Jr. |last3= Reed |first3= J.E. |last4= Sniegocki |first4= R.T. |last5= Stone |first5= C.G. |title= The waters of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas; their nature and origin |year= 1979 |url= http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1044c/report.pdf |publisher= United States Geological Survey |journal= Geological Survey Professional Paper 1044-C |location= Washington D.C. |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163110/http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1044c/report.pdf |archive-date= April 2, 2015 }}</ref> The flow rate is not affected by fluctuations in the rainfall in the area. Studies by National Park Service scientists have determined through [[radiocarbon dating]] that the water that reaches the surface in Hot Springs fell as rainfall 4,400&nbsp;years earlier.<ref>{{ cite journal |last1= Kresse |first1= T.M. |last2= Hays |first2= P.D. |title= Geochemistry, comparative analysis, and physical and chemical characteristics of the thermal waters east of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas |url= http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5263/downloads/SIR2009-5263.pdf |orig-year= First published 2009 |journal= Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5263 |publisher= United States Geological Survey |date= February 2011 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130720203747/http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5263/downloads/SIR2009-5263.pdf |archive-date= July 20, 2013 }}</ref> The water percolates very slowly down through the earth's surface until it reaches superheated areas deep in the crust and then rushes rapidly to the surface to emerge from the 47 hot springs.

Hot Springs Creek flows from Whittington Avenue, then is underground in a tunnel beneath Bathhouse Row (Central Ave). It emerges from the tunnel south of Bathhouse Row then flows through the southern part of the city before emptying into [[Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine|Lake Hamilton]], a reservoir on the [[Ouachita River]].