Talk:Rogue River (Oregon)

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This article says that Rogue River is fed by Crater Lake, but the Crater Lake article says that the lake itself has no natural outlet and only loses water by evaporation. Can anybody clear up this inconsistency? Perhaps the river rises in a section of Crater Lake National Park other than the lake itself. Bigturtle 02:00, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad I'm not the only one that spotted that.

I just checked my geologic references and only found references to the only outlet (of Crater Lake) being seepage and evaporation. However, I found the following quote "the origin of the Rogue River at Boundary Springs inside Crater Lake National." At the following Forest Service web-site.

It could be that Boundary Springs source may be seepage from Crater Lake (or maybe not). TTFN Ralph --N7bsn 02:14, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

yeah, there is not an outlet from Crater Lake. It is quite well contained by GIANT CLIFFS all around.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.55.200.20 (talk • contribs) 12:48, November 29, 2006

The source of the confusion is that the quote is incomplete. It should read; "the origin of the Rogue River at Boundary Springs inside Crater Lake National Park." The park covers a much larger area than the lake itself.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/crla/crlamap.htm

The water from the spring could come from Crater Lake seepage as well as from runoff from the surrounding hills. <BTW I'm a geologist who grew up in Western Oregon, so I'm somewhat familiar with the area.>—Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.94.44.50 (talk • contribs) 15:01, November 29, 2006

Based on multiple people (with good backgrounds) coming to the same conclusion I am going to change the source to the above "Boundry Springs, within CLNP" TTFN--N7bsn 18:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)