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Sources of Water

There are many methods of obtaining water in the wild. You may be lucky enough to find free-flowing pure water. However, you may be in area where water is harder to find, or the water you do find may not be pure.
 
  • Free-flowing and standing water
    • Lakes
    • Ponds
    • Streams, rivers
    • Marshes
    • springs
    • precipitation
  • Water from Plants
    • Tree sap
    • vines
    • Edible water-rich plants
  • Ground water
    • solar still
    • well
  • Other
    • Dew
    • Plant transpiration

How to find water

  • topography
  • plant indicators