Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stream that is a source of a river.
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- noun A
stream that is thesource of ariver
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- noun a stream that forms the source of a river
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Examples
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Burundilandlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed; the Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile
Geography-note 2008
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It is further divided into the eucrenon (spring or boil zone) and the hypocrenon (brook or headstream zone).
River 2008
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Geographynote: landlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed; the Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile
Burundi 2008
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Its fourth, smaller headstream is known as the Clear Fork.
Rivers of Texas 2008
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Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Geography - note: landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Geography - note: landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993; the Blue Nile, the chief headstream of the Nile by water volume, rises in T'ana Hayk
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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