dᵻspˈaɪt ɪts nˈeɪm, mˈʌtʃ ʌv ɪts flˈoʊ ˈæktʃuːəli ɪmˈɜːdʒᵻz fɹʌmðə ɹˈʌsɛt wˈɛl, ɐ ɹᵻsˈɜːdʒəns ɪn ɐ ɡˈɑːɹdən ɔnðɪ ˈiːst sˈaɪd ʌvðə ɡˈoːɹdʒ bᵻlˌoʊ ðə mˈeɪn pˈiːk kˈævɚn ˈɛntɹəns, dᵻskɹˈaɪbd æz ðə "mˈeɪn ɹᵻsˈɜːdʒəns ʌvðə kˈæsəltən ˈɛɹiə", wˌɪtʃ dɹˈeɪnz ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv swˈɔlɪts ɔnðɪ ˈʌðɚ sˈaɪd ʌvðə pˈɛnaɪn wˈɔːɾɚʃˌɛd bᵻlˌoʊ ɹˈʌʃʌp ˈɛdʒ.
Despite its name, much of its flow actually emerges from the Russet Well, a resurgence in a garden on the east side of the gorge below the main Peak Cavern entrance, described as the "main resurgence of the Castleton area", which drains a series of swallets on the other side of the Pennine watershed below Rushup Edge.