Headwaters
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɛdˌwɑtɝz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Headwaters is a noun meaning The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
Meaning
The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
Example Sentences
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.
... 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.
Word Forms
- head-waters
- head waters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include upstream, waters, source, courses, course, headers.
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