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In the western part of the Czech Republic about 130–180 km west of the capital of Prague, in an area of about 300 sq km, several dozen mineral springs occur from various origins, with water of different chemical characteristics, temperatures, and levels of carbonation and radioactive intensity. Mineral waters are widely utilized, in particular for spa treatment of a broad range of ailments as well as for bottling (curative and table waters), industrial uses of carbon dioxide, evaporation for the salts dissolved in them and, in regard to thermal waters, for local heating.
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Vrba, J. Thermal mineral water springs in Karlovy Vary. Geo 27, 120–125 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01061684
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01061684