the Headwaters
Mississippi
The headwaters of the Fitzroy and Drysdale Rivers are in the Kimberley Mountain Range.
The source of river is known as its headwaters. In the example of the Mississippi River, its headwaters is Lake Itasca in Minnesota.
Lake Geneva, Lake Constance, Lake Lucerne, and the headwaters of the Rhine and Rhone rivers. :p
The water course is driven by the force of gravity. Steep in the headwaters, and flatter in the plainlands.
The headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were in mountainous territory. The rivers washed silt down the rivers and fertile land acumulated in the river basins, replenished each year by the soul washed down the rivers by the rains in the northern mountains.
Headwaters Wilderness was created in 1984.
From what i have been told they are 2 separate rivers but the Rainbow river flows into the Wairau river at the headwaters.
The headwaters start high in the west of the People's Republic of China, go via Tibet, and empty into the East China Sea.
The area of Headwaters Wilderness is 89.164 square kilometers.
The symbol for Headwaters Incorporated in the NYSE is: HW.