From Headwaters to the Sea – The Millbrook Independent

From Headwaters to the Sea – The Millbrook Independent

From Headwaters to the Sea by Bill Schlesinger Just outside of our townhouse in North Carolina lies a shallow, linear depression that is mostly filled with autumn leaves.  Come rain, this drainage way carries water downslope to Sandy Creek, a tributary to the Neuse River.  Normally dry, but occasionally flowing, such a stream is known as an ephemeral or headwater stream—the origins of all big rivers that dump into the sea. When they are full of …