- Geyser is hot water and hot steam to blend in. Heat and high pressure can make up through to the earth’s surface. Characteristics of hot spring is that a. In some sources sometimes may have up to 60 meters. Hot springs is caused by the groundwater has been heat energy from geothermal resources in the area nearby. When the water is heated to make the high pressure and moves to the top, a hot spring. And groundwater nearby to flow slowly replaced and thermal energy and phrases circulation is in this manner around.