Walking Waterhoods: Temescal Creek — Harwood Headwaters

People often think of headwaters as great fountains coming forth out of the ground or the side of a mountain. Instead, most headwaters are humble springs or even begin as different veins of rain runoff coming together. Creeks increase in size and water volume as they travel downslope, gathering more water from ruoff in times of rain.
This is one of several headwaters for Temescal Creek. Many creeks and rivers have more than one headwaters that start high up in the hills and come together to form a single creek.
This particular headwaters is a great place to begin to understand the formation of watersheds, and how within a large watershed, there can be smaller drainage areas that are mini-watersheds.