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Definition of Headwater
1. Noun. The source of a river. "The headwaters of the Nile"
Definition of Headwater
1. n. The source and upper part of a stream; -- commonly used in the plural; as, the headwaters of the Missouri.
Definition of Headwater
1. Noun. (chiefly in the plural) The source (and the initial part) of a stream ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headwater
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headwater
Literary usage of Headwater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Summer Tours by the Canadian Pacific Railway by Canadian Pacific Railway Company (1889)
"From Quebec the magnificent Sague- nay river and its headwater, the great Lake St.
John, are reached, either by rail or steamer. In the numerous tributaries ..."
2. "The Mississippi Floods and Fourteen Feet Through the Valley."by Robert Cohn by Robert Cohn (1913)
"Hold the headwater. A rippling, sparkling mountain stream Rushed headlong down
the glen, On it the sun did brightly gleam So far from the haunts of men. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"The Powell River, as a whole, being a rather small stream and thus, to some
degree, having the physical conditions of a headwater stream, might be expected ..."
4. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"Associated with convective thunderstorms, summer floods in the headwater streams
of the Puerco restructure channel geomorphology, decimate benthic stream ..."
5. College Physiography by Ralph Stockman Tarr, Lawrence Martin (1914)
"This extension of the tributaries is accomplished by gnawing back at the upper
portion, a process that may be called headwater erosion. Fie. 104. ..."
6. Conservation Assessment for Inland Cutthroat Trout: Distribution, Status and edited by Donald A. Duff (1998)
"There were likely continuums for occupied habitats, varying from extremely small,
low quality headwater habitats to very large, high quality habitat. ..."
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