Related Words for headwater

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tributary
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Noun, Noun
watershed
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Noun
river
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Noun
riverine
/x/x
Adjective
fluvial
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Adjective
watercourse
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Noun
floodplain
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Noun
streamflow
/x
Noun
catchment
/x
Noun
riparian
//xx
Adjective
wetland
/x
Noun
streams
/
Noun
downstream
//
Noun
snowmelt
/x
Noun
drainages
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Noun
upland
/x
Noun
hydrology
x/xx
Noun
upstream
//
Adjective
estuarine
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Noun
basin
/x
Noun
subalpine
x/x
Adjective
freshwater
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Noun
salmonid
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Noun
montane
x/x
Noun
creek
/
Noun
valley
/x
Noun
estuary
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Noun
lowland
/x
Noun
source
/
Noun
wellhead
/x
Noun
wellspring
/x
Noun
fountainhead
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Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
fresh
/
Adjective
fount
/
Noun
branch
/
Noun
reservoir
/xx
Noun
trailhead
/x
Noun
head
/
Noun
midstream
/x
Noun
sluice
/
Noun
high water
//x
Phrase, Noun
bridgehead
/x
Noun
rainwater
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Noun
still water
//x
Phrase, Noun
strand
/
Noun
brook
/
Noun
low water
//x
Phrase, Noun
water
/x
Noun
influent
/xx
Noun
water level
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
bank
/
Noun
waterworks
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Noun
grain
/
Noun
squirt
/
Noun
coulee
/x
Noun
riverbed
/xx
Noun
pool
/
Noun
feeder
/x
Noun
river basin
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
chute
/
Noun
waterfall
/xx
Noun
scour
/x
Noun
swimming hole
/x/
Phrase, Noun
thread
/
Noun
leader
/x
Noun
wall
/
Noun
well
/
Adverb
ground
/
Noun
wash
/
Noun
lake
/
Noun
burden
/x
Noun
foreland
/x
Noun
watering place
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
rivulet
//x
Noun
spring
/
Noun
outlet
/x
Noun
pond
/
Noun
heck
/
Noun
headland
/x
Noun
shallow
/x
Adjective
streambed
/
Noun
reaches
/x
Verb
depth
/
Noun
difference
/xx
Noun
main
/
Adjective
alpine
/x
Noun, Adjective
apse
/
Noun
arc
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bastion
/x
Noun, Verb
buttress
/x
Noun, Verb
central
/x
Adjective, Noun
cordillera
//x
Noun
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
entranceway
/xx
Noun
fork
/
Noun, Verb
gate
/
Noun, Verb
header
/x
Noun, Verb
inlet
/x
Noun, Verb
masthead
/x
Noun, Verb
outcrop
//
Noun, Verb
ranges
/x
Verb
transept
x/
Noun
upriver
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
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Verb, Noun