Colorado is known as "The Headwaters State"  because it has eight major river basins, several aquifers, and several important rivers rise in its Rocky Mountains; the majority of its water supply comes from snow in the Rockies and the snowmelt flows into rivers both east and west of teh continental divide.
Colorado is known as "The Headwaters State"  because it has eight major river basins, several aquifers, and several important rivers rise in its Rocky Mountains; the majority of its water supply comes from snow in the Rockies and the snowmelt flows into rivers both east and west of teh continental divide.