Headwaters

/ˈhɛdˌwɑtɝz/

Synonyms for "headwaters" (8 found)

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Noun(2 words)

Related words (4)

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More general

2 entries
geographical featurehydrological concept

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4 entries
headwater springsource streamupstream areaupstream source

Collocations

5 entries
headwaters basinheadwaters regionheadwaters sourceriver headwatersupper headwaters

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The headwaters of the River Thames are found in Gloucestershire, and its mouth is on the North Sea.

Source: tatoeba (12063251)

... but when his brows began to wrinkle with time, and he stood alone, the last of his family, and his particular tribe, the few Delawares, who yet continued about the head-waters of their river, gave him the mournful appellation of Mohegan.

Source: wiktionary

Driver Thornhill beckoned me across the cab and pointed out some two miles ahead as we looked across the headwaters of the Eden Valley, the summit cabin at Ais Gill itself, with the summit point and altitude conspicuously indicated.

Source: wiktionary

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