headwaters

As bodies of water, rivers already have headwaters, mouths and arms.

It is often referred to as the headwaters of California because its lakes and aquifers help provide clean drinking water to the rest of the state.

It as often referred to as the headwaters of California because its lakes and aquifers help provide clean drinking water to the rest of the state.

The water that flows into the North Fork Reservoir, which serves Asheville and the towns of Black Mountain and Swannanoa, always ran clear and clean from its headwaters high in Pisgah National Forest.

“But not only for us. It really serves as a headwaters of California.”