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Where do rivers usually begin?

at the ocean
at groundwater outlets
in mountainous regions
in lakes and larger rivers

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in mountainous regions

Rivers usually begin (their headwaters) in highland or mountainous areas where precipitation, snowmelt, or springs collect and flow downhill, forming streams that join to become rivers. (They can also start from lakes or springs in some cases; they end at the ocean.)