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the first exploration of the Missouri River from its mouth to its headwaters was made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early 1800s
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The first section begins at the headwaters, in Colorado, and runs through New Mexico, where much of its flow is diverted into reservoirs for municipal and agricultural use.
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
Another major cause is unilateral water acquisition by Turkey, which is home to the headwaters of both the Tigris and Euphrates, at the expense of 60 million people downstream.
—Mukad Al Jabbari, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2015
With the exception of the Colorado headwaters and Arizona’s Verde River, most areas of the seven-state watershed experienced below-average April snow and rain, according to the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
The state hugs 45 miles of Lake Michigan’s shoreline and is home to the headwaters of the Maumee River, which flows into Lake Erie and is the largest river basin in the Great Lakes.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2024
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
Another major cause is unilateral water acquisition by Turkey, which is home to the headwaters of both the Tigris and Euphrates, at the expense of 60 million people downstream.
—Mukad Al Jabbari, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2015
With the exception of the Colorado headwaters and Arizona’s Verde River, most areas of the seven-state watershed experienced below-average April snow and rain, according to the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
The state hugs 45 miles of Lake Michigan’s shoreline and is home to the headwaters of the Maumee River, which flows into Lake Erie and is the largest river basin in the Great Lakes.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Headwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headwater. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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headwater
noun
head·wa·ter
-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: the beginning and upper part of a stream
—usually used in plural
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