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headstream

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ˈhed-ˌstrēm

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the beginning part of a stream the headstreams of the Ganges River arise in the Himalayas

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Following an exceedingly warm year that has left the Colorado River’s headwaters in the Rocky Mountains largely snowless, Lake Mead is nearing a record-low level.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Its headwaters are in Indian River County, its mouth in the Atlantic near Jacksonville, which is the furthest place Sanders Fish House delivers its wild catch.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026

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