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单词 headwaters
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headwaters
noun[+ sing/plural verb]
uk
/ˈhed.wɔː.təz/us
/ˈhed.wɑː.t̬ɚz/
streamsthatflowinto alargerrivercloseto where itstarts:
（河流的）上游源头
In 1866, Livingstonebeganhissearchfor the headwaters of the Nile River.1866年，利文斯通开始寻找尼罗河的源头。
The Pecos Riverstretcheshundreds ofmilessouthfromitsheadwaters in themountainsof New Mexico.佩科斯河起源于新墨西哥山脉，之后向南绵延数百英里。
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(Definition ofheadwatersfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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The headwater is a small pool by the side of a lane.
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Coincidentally, a bridge crosses the creek near its mouth: as becomes clear afterward, the speaker traces the creek from the mouth to itsheadwaters.
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Theheadwatersof both streams are in the reserve, and they are up to 7 km long and third order within the reserve limits.
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Both core series were located near theheadwatersof their respective bajoriver systems.
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Theheadwatersof the river, and the region where most of the precipitation occurs, is in the upstream nation, nation #1.
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A mining company's claim near theheadwatersof a river, for example, could deprive farmers downstream of water that ran through their property.
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Boreholes need to be moved fromheadwatersto near the mouths of rivers.
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The historical arguments were telling, but as one went further and further up theheadwatersof time they became more and more ingenious.
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Abstraction must be controlled and water resources generally managed so that our rivers and streams, and especially theheadwaters, are not reduced to pathetic trickles.
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More and more water is being extracted from underground sources or from theheadwatersof rivers, and returned lower downstream as sewage effluent.
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More and more the future of those people in theheadwatersof the valleys depends on the actions of those down below, so to speak, in the valleys.
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Theheadwatersof many small streams, which later turn into large rivers, gouge deep serrated valleys through the unconsolidated ash and pumice-rich earth.
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The dam's immediateheadwatersand tailwaters still resemble this formation.
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The average annual rainfall in 1,000 mm in the northern part and 3,000 mm in the southern mountains where the river'sheadwaterslie.
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Several regional streams and rivers also have theirheadwatersin the mountains.
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