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Subject Has anyone ever followed a creek to its source??

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Jasper Alberta is close to me, did a trip up the glacier there. On the tour we walked right on the glacier andcould drink the water.

It was so dam cold and so dam tasty.

Anyways from this glacier at one point you get to witness the Continental Divide, which was really interesting

"Continental Divide, fairly continuous ridge of north-south–trending mountain summits in western North America which divides the continent’s principal drainage into that flowing eastward (either to Hudson Bay in Canada or, chiefly, to the Mississippi and Rio Grande rivers in the United States) and that flowing westward (into the Pacific Ocean). Most of the divide runs along the crest of the Rocky Mountains, through British Columbia and along the British Columbia–Alberta border in Canada, and through the states of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico in the United States. It continues southward into Mexico and Central America, roughly paralleling the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre del Sur, with their associated ranges in Central America. In general usage the name continental divide is applied to the main water parting in any continent"
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Some Continental Divides do not flow in any direction instead, they are called an endorheic basin meaning they are a closed water basin where the waters to not flow towards either ocean bodies towards either coast.

Take the Great Divide Basin in Wyoming the water stays locally in the area once dominated by the ancient Lake Gosiute in the desert region near the Red Desert and the Killpecker Sand Dunes.
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Original Message I followed the rattling creek as far as i could up the side of a mountain.
It is a beautiful freshwater source , crystal clear ice cold water .

I started at a resevoir, the creek is about 30 feet wide, it gets more narrow as you go up the mountain . I followed it for a good 2 or 3 miles up, it got so small it turned into a tiny stream of water . The last part I could get to , leads to a small passage that comes from out of the mountain ..

It had me thinking hard. What does all this water come from , its essentially infinitely flowing . how does so much water come from the top of a mountain .
The only logical thing i can think of is that there is a cave,in the mountain that filled up with water and now it runneth over.

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