Source (river or stream)

From Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia written in simple English for easy reading.

The source of a river or stream is the original point from which the river flows.

The source of a river or stream may be a lake, a marsh, a spring or a glacier.

The furthest stream is called the Headstreams. Headwaters are small streams that create the river or stream and are cool waters, because of shade and barely melted ice or rain. Also they may be glacial headwaters, waters formed by the melting of the ice of glaciers. The source is the farthest point of the river stream from its estuary or its confluence with another river or stream.

Where a river is fed by more than one source, it is usual to regard the highest as its source.simple:Source (river or stream)

In other languages