Meaning

A spring or headwater..

Definitions by Sense

1. A spring or headwater.
2. An area of high elevation, viewed as the catchment basin for a region.
3. A reservoir or natural source of water that is put to use.
4. A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
5. The amount of water or water pressure provided by a waterhead (reservoir or portion of a device that stores water).
6. A showerhead.
7. The place where water enters or exits a device or system
8. A water main

Example Sentences

It is bounded to the southward by a line of springs or waterheads, which is also the northern boundary of the tract called the Terrai , one equally distinguished with the former from the souther plain country, but occasionally annexed to it and occasionally to the hills.

Pukaki means a river source, the waterhead; so the name is literally descriptive.

At the true waterhead, where the road from Hawkshead joins the road round the lake, used to stand the Old Waterhead Inn.

In my Report on the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire, the first volume of which, treating the surface, minerals, rivers, &c. is now in the press, An alphabetical List of the most remarkable Mountains, Hills and Eminences has been printed, referring to a small Map of 41 principal Ridges, or ranges of high ground, called waterheads, which divide the drainages to 32 rivers and rivulets , in and near Derbyshire.

Forty major waterhead forestry conservation zones with a combined area of 800,000 ha have been designated in the Guangxi Autonomous Region, and related regulations on the management of these forests have been proclaimed, according to the regional authorities.

The Kontum Highland area, near Kontum and Plei Ku, is the waterhead of the Sesan, while the Darlac Plain, near Ban Me Thuot, is the Srepok waterhead.

As a result of narrowing the stream channel, a waterhead is formed in front of a structure and the depth of water reaches the magnitude H, greater than the depth of an unelevated water a.

There is plenty of water in the valley, but placement along an irrigation ditch can affect the amount of water a patch will receive. Most large farms have their own waterheads where water is taken out of the stream .

Word Forms

• waterheads
• waterheading
• waterheaded

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