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headwater
noun
head·wa·ter ˈhed-ˌwȯ-tər 
-ˌwä-
: the source of a stream —usually used in plural
Synonyms
Example Sentences
the first exploration of the Missouri River from its mouth to its headwaters was made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early 1800s
Recent Examples on the Web The project is moving fast with the city earlier this year purchasing the land, which is a meadow habitat with forested patches and 1,900 linear feet of West Creek headwater tributaries, for $880,000 from OSWIGI Limited. 
John Benson, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2021 The current plan calls for roughly a 3,000-foot, ADA-accessible trail to traverse the perimeter of the land, which is a meadow habitat with forested patches and 1,900 linear feet of West Creek headwater tributaries. John Benson, cleveland, 2 June 2021 The project, Jane explains, poses a major threat to the environment; the pipelines would traverse two hundred bodies of water, including the headwater of the Mississippi River. Javier Hasse, Forbes, 11 May 2021 Baldwin Creek and two headwater tributary streams run through the preserve, and the area is a habitat for many plant and animal species. Rich Heileman, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2020 Mountain headwater forests are an integral part of California’s water infrastructure. Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020 Adventurous anglers can also make their way up the creek’s headwater streams to find some native brook trout. Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 15 Oct. 2020 West Creek Conservancy, in a collaborative effort with The Nature Conservancy, aided in the acquisition of an area in rural Geauga County that is at the headwaters of the Cuyahoga River. cleveland, 22 May 2020 But new research from American climatologists shows for the first time that China, where the headwaters of the Mekong spring forth from the Tibetan Plateau, was not experiencing the same hardship at all. Hannah Beech, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020 See More
John Benson, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2021 The current plan calls for roughly a 3,000-foot, ADA-accessible trail to traverse the perimeter of the land, which is a meadow habitat with forested patches and 1,900 linear feet of West Creek headwater tributaries. John Benson, cleveland, 2 June 2021 The project, Jane explains, poses a major threat to the environment; the pipelines would traverse two hundred bodies of water, including the headwater of the Mississippi River. Javier Hasse, Forbes, 11 May 2021 Baldwin Creek and two headwater tributary streams run through the preserve, and the area is a habitat for many plant and animal species. Rich Heileman, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2020 Mountain headwater forests are an integral part of California’s water infrastructure. Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2020 Adventurous anglers can also make their way up the creek’s headwater streams to find some native brook trout. Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 15 Oct. 2020 West Creek Conservancy, in a collaborative effort with The Nature Conservancy, aided in the acquisition of an area in rural Geauga County that is at the headwaters of the Cuyahoga River. cleveland, 22 May 2020 But new research from American climatologists shows for the first time that China, where the headwaters of the Mekong spring forth from the Tibetan Plateau, was not experiencing the same hardship at all. Hannah Beech, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1612, in the meaning defined above
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