headwaters
/hed-waw-terz, -wot-erz/US // ˈhɛdˌwɔ tərz, -ˌwɒt ərz //UK // (ˈhɛdˌwɔːtəz) //
水源地,水源头,水源,水源区
Definitions
n.名词(复数) plural noun
- 1
- : Sometimes headwater . the upper tributaries of a river.
Examples
Picture this: soldiers from a foreign army are stationed near the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
The headwaters of the Sele have been tapped for the great aqueduct for the Apulian provinces.
Following the east shore of the river, they came to the mouth of the creek whose headwaters Mr. Bradford had explored.
I hastily ran over the contour of the country we had passed through, and saw that indeed the spring must be its headwaters.
These are open to occupancy for such purposes and have the advantage of being on streams whose headwaters are protected.
Carson joined a party numbering about fifty who intended to trap near the headwaters of the Missouri.
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