Related Words for headwaters

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WordSyllablesCategories
tributaries
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Noun, Noun
rivers
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Noun
watersheds
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Noun
watercourses
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Noun
floodplains
//
Noun
creeks
/
Noun
drainages
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Noun
streams
/
Noun
waters
/x
Noun
wetlands
/x
Noun
basin
/x
Noun
estuaries
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Noun
valleys
/x
Noun
riverbanks
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Noun
waterways
/xx
Noun
lakes
/
Noun
riverine
/x/x
Adjective
sediments
/xx
Noun
upstream
//
Adjective
snowmelt
/x
Noun
foothills
/x
Noun
downstream
//
Noun
aquifer
/xx
Noun
catchments
/x
Noun
riverbed
/xx
Noun
reservoirs
/xx
Noun
wellspring
/x
Noun
sources
/x
Noun
wellhead
/x
Noun
fountainhead
/xx
Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
river basin
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
confluence
/xx
Noun
midstream
/x
Noun
branch
/
Noun
fresh
/
Adjective
river bottom
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
bank
/
Noun
trailhead
/x
Noun
hydrograph
xxx
Noun
fount
/
Noun
bridgehead
/x
Noun
mouth
/
Noun
feeder
/x
Noun
tidal river
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
outfall
/x
Noun
high water
//x
Phrase, Noun
grain
/
Noun
water level
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
head
/
Noun
brook
/
Noun
influent
/xx
Noun
fork
/
Noun
riverside
/xx
Noun
low water
//x
Phrase, Noun
outlet
/x
Noun
catchment area
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
delta
/x
Noun
sluice
/
Noun
ostium
/xx
Noun
channel
/x
Noun
strand
/
Noun
courses
/x
Noun
foreland
/x
Noun
heck
/
Noun
rivulet
//x
Noun
floodwaters
/xx
Noun
issue
/x
Noun
ford
/
Name
inlet
/x
Noun
headland
/x
Noun
thread
/
Noun
ripe
/
Adjective
ghat
/
Noun
waterfront
/xx
Noun
link
/
Noun
nile
/
Adjective, Name
gila
/x
Name
brazos
/x
Name
orinoco
xx/x
Name
rosebud
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Noun
yellowstone
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Name
platte
/
Name
susquehanna
xx/x
Name
allegheny
xx/x
Name
amazon
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Name
magdalena
xx/x
Name
yukon
/x
Name
zambezi
x/x
Name
wabash
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Name
appalachian
xx/x
Adjective
forested
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Adjective
tigris
/x
Name
spawn
/
Verb
rappahannock
xx/x
Name
yangtze
//
Name
portage
/x
Noun
mountainous
/xx
Adjective
missouri
x/x
Name
euphrates
x/x
Name
canadian
x/xx
Name
niger
/x
Name
humboldt
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Name
volga
/x
Name
mississippi
xx/x
Name
sandy
/x
Name
indus
/x
Name
arkansas
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Name
diverting
x/x
Verb
aguas
xx
Noun
annexed
/x
Verb
arid
/x
Adjective
congested
x/x
Adjective
continents
/xx
Adjective
corresponding
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
counties
/x
Noun
danube
/x
Name
easternmost
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Adjective
glaciated
/xxx
Adjective
headers
/x
Noun
headings
/x
Noun
inundated
/xxx
Adjective
mountains
/x
Noun
northerly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
northwestern
x/x
Name, Adjective
oases
x/x
Noun
plateaus
xx
Noun
pueblos
/x
Noun
ranges
/x
Noun
reaches
/x
Noun
rhine
/
Name
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun