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River source

The source or headwater of a river or stream is the geographical point of its beginning, specifically where surface runoff water begins to accumulate into a flowing channel of water. A river or stream into which one or many tributary rivers or streams flow has many headwaters, these being all of the individual headwaters of its tributaries. Each…

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River source

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples34
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
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River source

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related to Definition · 18
River source → Amazon, Andrew Johnston, As, But, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Missouri River, Montana, Most, National Geographic Society, Nile, Smithsonian Institution, Survey, The, The United States Geological, This, USGS
related to Example · 15
River source → For, Geological Survey Geographic Names, Information System, Largest Rivers, Length, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Source, United States, United States Geological Survey, Wikisource-logo, WU

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river source tributary stream rivers definition water headwater example length missouri geographic often streams tributaries also nile may headwaters longest

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the Amazon or Nileinstance ofis also used by the National Geographic Society when pinpointing the source of rivers0.80text
River sourcerelated to DefinitionThe United States Geological0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionSurvey0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionUSGS0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionAs0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionMissouri River0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionMississippi River0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionBut0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionMissouri0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionMississippi0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionMost0.60section
River sourcerelated to DefinitionThis0.60section

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