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单词 headwater
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Definition of headwater in English:

headwater

noun ˈhɛdwɔːtəˈhedˌwôtər
usually headwaters
  • A tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source.

    these paths follow rivers right up into their headwaters
    as modifier headwater erosion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Upland valleys and the headwaters of fast-flowing rivers descend to the coast through some of the world's largest swamps.
    • The scientist recently returned from an expedition to Turkey's Taurus Mountains near the headwaters of the Tigris River.
    • As with many eastern national forests, the government bought these tracts from private owners, hoping that in time a new forest would take hold to protect the headwaters of eastern rivers.
    • Springbrook, on the headwaters of the Nerang River, received about 900 mm of rain within 24 hours.
    • The routes and trails to the buffalo plains commonly followed the banks of the west-flowing rivers to their remote headwaters on the Continental Divide.
    • Clearcuts and the failure to provide for adequate buffers along the Caribou Mountain headwaters have increased stream flow.
    • It completely fills a small, deep valley in the headwaters of the Choluteca River, in the central highlands.
    • The Jivaro live on the eastern slopes of the Andes where mountain ranges meet the Amazon River headwaters.
    • However, not all lakes in the Wisconsin River headwaters seem to have offered comparable opportunities for wild rice gathering.
    • For this rural city nestled in an Appalachian Mountain valley at the headwaters of three major rivers, the question was whether trees could reduce flooding.
    • The Scottish explorer, Mungo Park, for example, attempted to explore the headwaters of the Niger River during the 1850's with a large group of men recruited from British jails.
    • Although the year of Geronimo's birth remains obscure, he was born a Bedonkohe Apache around the headwaters of the Gila River in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico.
    • The compositions of the magnetic minerals deposited within a sedimentary environment depend primarily on the compositions of the rocks in the headwaters of the streams and rivers entering the sedimentary basin.
    • Obtaining horses, they travelled over the Continental Divide to arrive at the headwaters of the Clearwater River.
    • The Dee River, with its headwaters in Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales, flows through northern Wales into England.
    • Rather than gushing down a lush mountainside, the headwaters of the river seen in The Source puddle prosaically beside a suburban high school.
    • We pulled dinner from below the lower falls and spent another day crossing Otter Lake and exploring the boggy headwaters of the Steelhead River.
    • Near starvation, the explorers finally find the headwaters of the Columbia River and are soon riding the swift current toward the Pacific Ocean and their second winter away from home.
    • Swindon's location, so close to the headwaters of the River Thames, does not sit well with the normal sewage treatment works programme that allows some dilution effect to deal with pollution.
    • Located in west-central Montana, these streams join in a single valley to form the headwaters of the Missouri River.
    Synonyms
    source, origin, well head, headspring, headwaters
 
 

Definition of headwater in US English:

headwater

nounˈhedˌwôtər
usually headwaters
  • A tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source.

    these paths follow rivers right up into their headwaters
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Located in west-central Montana, these streams join in a single valley to form the headwaters of the Missouri River.
    • Although the year of Geronimo's birth remains obscure, he was born a Bedonkohe Apache around the headwaters of the Gila River in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico.
    • Rather than gushing down a lush mountainside, the headwaters of the river seen in The Source puddle prosaically beside a suburban high school.
    • Upland valleys and the headwaters of fast-flowing rivers descend to the coast through some of the world's largest swamps.
    • It completely fills a small, deep valley in the headwaters of the Choluteca River, in the central highlands.
    • Near starvation, the explorers finally find the headwaters of the Columbia River and are soon riding the swift current toward the Pacific Ocean and their second winter away from home.
    • However, not all lakes in the Wisconsin River headwaters seem to have offered comparable opportunities for wild rice gathering.
    • Clearcuts and the failure to provide for adequate buffers along the Caribou Mountain headwaters have increased stream flow.
    • The scientist recently returned from an expedition to Turkey's Taurus Mountains near the headwaters of the Tigris River.
    • Springbrook, on the headwaters of the Nerang River, received about 900 mm of rain within 24 hours.
    • Swindon's location, so close to the headwaters of the River Thames, does not sit well with the normal sewage treatment works programme that allows some dilution effect to deal with pollution.
    • The Jivaro live on the eastern slopes of the Andes where mountain ranges meet the Amazon River headwaters.
    • The routes and trails to the buffalo plains commonly followed the banks of the west-flowing rivers to their remote headwaters on the Continental Divide.
    • The Scottish explorer, Mungo Park, for example, attempted to explore the headwaters of the Niger River during the 1850's with a large group of men recruited from British jails.
    • Obtaining horses, they travelled over the Continental Divide to arrive at the headwaters of the Clearwater River.
    • We pulled dinner from below the lower falls and spent another day crossing Otter Lake and exploring the boggy headwaters of the Steelhead River.
    • For this rural city nestled in an Appalachian Mountain valley at the headwaters of three major rivers, the question was whether trees could reduce flooding.
    • The Dee River, with its headwaters in Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales, flows through northern Wales into England.
    • As with many eastern national forests, the government bought these tracts from private owners, hoping that in time a new forest would take hold to protect the headwaters of eastern rivers.
    • The compositions of the magnetic minerals deposited within a sedimentary environment depend primarily on the compositions of the rocks in the headwaters of the streams and rivers entering the sedimentary basin.
    Synonyms
    source, origin, well head, headspring, headwaters
 
 
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