Usually means: Source of a river's flow.
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  1. headwater: Merriam-Webster
  2. headwater: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. headwater: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. Headwater, headwater: Wordnik
  6. headwater: Wiktionary
  7. Headwater, headwater: Dictionary.com
  8. Headwater (band), Headwater: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. headwater: FreeDictionary.org
  10. headwater: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. headwater: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Water-Science Glossary of Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (headwater)

▸ noun:  (chiefly in the plural) The source (and the initial part) of a stream

Similar:
headstream, head, wellhead, waterhead, stillhead, boroughhead, headstead, trail head, clusterhead, watershed, more...

Opposite:
mouth, estuary, delta, outlet

Types:
spring, fountain, artesiwell, geyser, more...

Adjectives:
main, high, principal, small, northern, torrential, allowable, maximum, southern, normal, nearest

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Similar:
headstream, head, wellhead, waterhead, stillhead, boroughhead, headstead, trail head, clusterhead, watershed, more...

Opposite:
mouth, estuary, delta, outlet

Types:
spring, fountain, artesiwell, geyser, more...

Adjectives:
main, high, principal, small, northern, torrential, allowable, maximum, southern, normal, nearest



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