Giant Springs State Park is located on the Missouri River. It is connected by one of the shortest rivers in the US – the Roe River (it is only 201 feet in length). The water from the springs wells up through cracks in the limestone (visible in some of these photos). The water originates as precipitation in the Little Belt Mountains and travels roughly 50 years (at depths of up to 400 feet) before emerging into these springs.
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