Yeah but that's during Spring.
Yeah maybe that is it's purpose. We can't be certain though.
I figured that, but wasn't too sure.
Where does Clock Town get its water?
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Jirohnagi
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plenty of snow in snowhead plus it'd still go downhill as snow or ice and form large icey lakes perfect for when it thaws, Snowmelt can still occur in winter, hell glaciers move on snowmelt year round, enough friction or warmth will generate the water, doesn't need to be a massive heat bloom but a small steady warmth would keep the water flowing.
Hual the snow to the town were it's alot warmer, lol. Yeah I didn't think of that. They'd have to be careful about it.
Jirohnagi
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Not even that ultimately, all it'd take is for the glaciers that'd be bound to form on Snowhead to move downwards enough that comparative warmth hits it, when it does so water will be gotten from it, hell theres the ravine right outside of the Mountain range in Termina field this would indicate at one point a glacier moved through the area as does zones such as near the temple itself the canyon nearby and the lake near the goron village, each of those areas would've housed glaciers and we see that when spring hits it warms up ridiculously fast and high this would lead to a surge of water into the towns wells that'd tide them over year round on it's own, but during the winter time these zones would melt so Towns people would turn to glacier melt, we see that water is available in areas like Ikana and Near the coast so it means theres water further inland which could also mean it's coming off a glacier that's melting. It'd grow in winter and shrink in high summer, providing water near constantly to termina especially during winter.
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They probably run out on day 2 with buckets and catch the rain.
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THE LOST WOODS
Magical rivers flow from the lost woods. You just rout your pipes into some random forest tree and BOOM! Running water.
Magical rivers flow from the lost woods. You just rout your pipes into some random forest tree and BOOM! Running water.
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I think the Snowhead theory is actually pretty solid but I would posit the irrational hypothesis that back when, a river flowed from Ikana canyon out past the graveyard, toward clock town and out to the Great Bay. This carved the canyon up which you travel after hookshotting up to the snag.
Eventually, a need arose to divert the river toward what became the swamp. The Ikanan Kingdom commissioned a tunnel to be built to shift the flow of the river to the south. Once completed, the tunnel dumped the river into a patch of land that hadn't previously had such a volume of water running through it. This caused the river to disperse, creating a wetland or swamp.
As you've surely noticed, the river dumps out into the Southern Swamp in far less volume than it entered the tunnel (as evidenced by the tiny ring of water near the Lost Woods at the river's terminus). As time went by, sediment lay down layers of strata over the silt making up the ancient riverbed.
Now, water follows the path of least resistance, which is what the river originally did: flowing downhill into the ocean across Termina Field. The river forecably diverted and channeled, the main flow emptied into the swamp but over manifold centuries since Ikana was in its prime, a branch of water reached out from the river's bulk and once again found its way downhill, following the old riverbed.
As the new branch trickled ever so slowly through the soft silt, it began compacting the soil around it, widening the cavity at a painfully slow rate. The more water that built up, the more pressure pushing the silt "downstream", the faster the cavity expanded.
The river eventually reached the ocean, either erupting under water from its subterrainian journey or filtering out through the sand once the surface beach dropped low enough to meet the water table.
Notice that the water beneath Clock Town in the areas below the Astral Observatory, Clock Tower, and the Laundry Pool seem to flow in that order: East to West, downhill, Ikana to Great Bay.
Obviously, this isn't what happened but wild speculation is fun!
Eventually, a need arose to divert the river toward what became the swamp. The Ikanan Kingdom commissioned a tunnel to be built to shift the flow of the river to the south. Once completed, the tunnel dumped the river into a patch of land that hadn't previously had such a volume of water running through it. This caused the river to disperse, creating a wetland or swamp.
As you've surely noticed, the river dumps out into the Southern Swamp in far less volume than it entered the tunnel (as evidenced by the tiny ring of water near the Lost Woods at the river's terminus). As time went by, sediment lay down layers of strata over the silt making up the ancient riverbed.
Now, water follows the path of least resistance, which is what the river originally did: flowing downhill into the ocean across Termina Field. The river forecably diverted and channeled, the main flow emptied into the swamp but over manifold centuries since Ikana was in its prime, a branch of water reached out from the river's bulk and once again found its way downhill, following the old riverbed.
As the new branch trickled ever so slowly through the soft silt, it began compacting the soil around it, widening the cavity at a painfully slow rate. The more water that built up, the more pressure pushing the silt "downstream", the faster the cavity expanded.
The river eventually reached the ocean, either erupting under water from its subterrainian journey or filtering out through the sand once the surface beach dropped low enough to meet the water table.
Notice that the water beneath Clock Town in the areas below the Astral Observatory, Clock Tower, and the Laundry Pool seem to flow in that order: East to West, downhill, Ikana to Great Bay.
Obviously, this isn't what happened but wild speculation is fun!
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The water really could come from any of those sources you mentioned, I think. The key here, IMO is the transportation of the water, regardless of the source: Pipes.
If we look to the great bay Temple, there's tons of piping. This indicates that the people of terminal at the very least have access to somewhat modern plumbing technology. It would be a matter of being gravity fed, so most likely it would come from Ikana, since Snowpeak was frozen.
If we look to the great bay Temple, there's tons of piping. This indicates that the people of terminal at the very least have access to somewhat modern plumbing technology. It would be a matter of being gravity fed, so most likely it would come from Ikana, since Snowpeak was frozen.
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I believe Miyamoto once stated "There is actually no source of water connected to Clock Town. The giants can drink salt water and convert it to fresh water. Every once in a while when the water is running low, the giants get really drunk, sneak to Clock Town at night, and piss in the streams and fountains. The citizens don't question where the water comes from, and the giants all laugh as the residents drink, play, and wash in their piss."
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They get snow, and throw it on the stove.
Or they get it from Great Bay, and throw it in a Brita.
Or they get it from Great Bay, and throw it in a Brita.