EXSURGENCE

   1. A term used to explain the re-emergence at the surface, as a stream, of meteoric water which has fallen entirely upon and percolated through a calcareous massif [19].

   2. A spring or seep in karstic terrane not clearly connected with swallets a higher level.

   Synonyms: (French.) exsurgence; (German.) Karstquelle, Austrittßtelle; (Greek.) karstiki pighi; (Italian.) risorgente carsica; (Russian.) karstovij isto ƒnik; (Spanish.) exsurgencia; (Turkish.) yüzeyde blirme; (Yugoslavian.) vrelo, obrh.

   See also emergence; resurgence.