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Meaning of Headwaters | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈhɛdˌwɑtɝz

Definitions

The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

العربية المنابع
Català capçalera
Suomi latva
Français source
Galego cabeceira
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi mano
Italiano sorgente
日本語 水上 源流
한국어 원천
Kurdî ḧulû
Te Reo Māori hiku
Bahasa Melayu hulu
Tagalog inantubig

Examples

“... but when his brows began to wrinkle with time, and he stood alone, the last of his family, and his particular tribe, the few Delawares, who yet continued about the head-waters of their river, gave him the mournful appellation of Mohegan.”
“Driver Thornhill beckoned me across the cab and pointed out some two miles ahead as we looked across the headwaters of the Eden Valley, the summit cabin at Ais Gill itself, with the summit point and altitude conspicuously indicated.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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