Spring

Place where water flows natural from a rock or soil onto land, or into a body of surface water (United Nations Publication, 2013)
 

Sources

United Nations Publications. "Glossary of Shared Water Resources (English-Arabic): Technical, Socioeconomic and Legal Terminology." (2013). DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.18356/70b462ce-en
 

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