headwaters

How to use headwaters in a sentence

• Picture this: soldiers from a foreign army are stationed near the headwaters of the Mississippi River.

  United Nations Still Denies its Troops Brought Cholera to Haiti | Jonathan M. Katz | April 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

• The headwaters of the Sele have been tapped for the great aqueduct for the Apulian provinces.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 | Various

• Following the east shore of the river, they came to the mouth of the creek whose headwaters Mr. Bradford had explored.

  Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. Thompson

• I hastily ran over the contour of the country we had passed through, and saw that indeed the spring must be its headwaters.

  The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton

• These are open to occupancy for such purposes and have the advantage of being on streams whose headwaters are protected.

  Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai Boerker