The name Soborom means boiling water in Tedaga; it refers to the hottest spring and has been applied to the entire field.

[8] There, between 2,400–2,510 metres (7,870–8,230 ft) elevation, lie clusters of exhalations, fumaroles, hot springs, mud volcanoes, solfataras,[9] and reportedly a geyser as well.

[11] The springs produce small quantities of water—averaged over the entire field only a few liters per minute—that is quite muddy due to the high content of particles.

[8] Within the depression, various drainages converge into the southwestward flowing Enneri Soborom-Souradom, which has incised the hot spring deposits[5] and is itself the site of the western area.

[18] The volcanic activity covered an area of about 14,000 square kilometres (5,400 sq mi) and took various forms, including deep craters, large calderas, shield volcanoes, and stratovolcanoes.