Headwater

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  • noun. The water from which a river rises; a source.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of the upper tributaries of a river: usually in the plural. Also used adjectively.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The source and upper part of a stream; -- commonly used in the plural.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The source (and the initial part) of a stream
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the source of a river
    • Word Usage
    "The river's future flows may be greatly diminished because of climate change affecting weather patterns in headwater areas."
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    head-water mark  
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    beginning  origin  root  rootage  source  
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