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Colorado is "THE" Headwaters State
The term headwater means the area near the source of a river basin, i.e., the highest area in a drainage basin where the river originates. Obviously, there are headwaters in every river basin in the United States so there are many headwaters in every state, and headwaters of rivers are very common in general. So why is Colorado known as THE “Headwaters State”? It is because eight major river basins originate in Colorado, marking the beginnings of the Platte, Arkansas, and Colorado Rivers, as well as the Rio Grande.