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| navigate by keyword : amounts become better birds blue bottom channels cooler creates dissolves element emerald environment flies food form forms gives green hot insects its kinds large latin lines live major mites most name overflow overflows rocks runoff several silex silica sinter solvent spiders spring steam teal terraces than that then thermophiles these this thrive various volcanic water where year |
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| Hot water is a better solvent than cooler water; it dissolves large amounts of silica, the major element of these volcanic rocks. Silica, in the form of sinter, lines the bottom of Silex spring. It forms terraces along the runoff channels and gives the spring its name: Silex is Latin for silica. Silex Spring overflows most of the year. This overflow creates a hot environment where thermophiles thrive. Thermophiles become food for several kinds of flies that live in and on the hot water. The flies then become food for mites, spiders, various insects and birds. |
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