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单词 headwater
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headwater
adjective[only before noun]
uk
/ˈhed.wɔː.tər/us
/ˈhed.wɑː.t̬ɚ/
formingorcontainingstreamsthatflowinto alargerrivercloseto where itstarts:
上游源头的
Headwaterstreamscontainavarietyofuniquelifeforms.源头溪流里有各种独特的生命形式。
the headwatertributariesof the Rio Grande格兰德河的源头支流
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(Definition ofheadwaterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Export of fine organic particles fromheadwaterstreams - effects of season, extreme discharges, and invertebrate manipulation.
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There are alsoheadwaterridges and a beach.
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Rough-skinned newts can be found inheadwaterchannels or terrestrial habitats.
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The total length of the river including the twoheadwaterarms is 21km mi.
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Remaining populations survive in isolated populations, mostly inheadwaterstreams above natural downstream barriers.
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Similarly, since the heads are hydrophilic, theheadwaterinteraction is more favourable than airwater interaction.
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The river flows west, collecting variousheadwatertributaries.
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Swamp tupelo grows inheadwaterswamps, strands, ponds, river bottoms, bays, estuaries, and low coves.
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Theheadwater-forms are rather compressed or flat, the large-river-forms more convex and swollen.
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Estimates are that 80% of the streams on the planet are first to third orderheadwaterstreams.
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The topography is generally still in its natural condition, with mountains and ridges forming theheadwaterof many streams from which originate various waterfalls.
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The valley is a deep one, the surrounding ridges rising to 3500- 4000, with peaks above in theheadwaterregion.
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Above the falls are dozens of smallheadwaterstreams that drain the surrounding uplands.
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The upper portion of the reservoir, corresponding to a five-foot depth above the normalheadwaterlevel, is provided for surcharge storage.
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Note also thatheadwaterdambos have a branching structure like rivers.
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