The river's future flows may be greatly diminished because of climate change affecting weather patterns in headwater areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redefining Dumb « PubliCola] Reference

Departures all summer. 01606 720 199, headwater. com.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great last-minute summer deals for families] Reference

Check whether the inflow into the headwater is flowing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

The first potential line is the bottom of the headwater.    From Wordnik.com.  [4. Necessary proofs of stability] Reference

‡ Lake Victoria is a headwater reservoir for the Nile River.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lake Victoria] Reference

The ones who had not been to the headwater smelled different.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beowulf's Children]

Populations are being restored into historic headwater streams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference

The Paya are a small tribe living in a few headwater and river villages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras] Reference

This was the heart of it, the headwater from which the treacle of dread flowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Copper Tears]

These headwater basins in the watershed cover an area of approximately 4,650 km2.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pantanal Conservation Complex, Brazil] Reference

These fish species nest in headwater regions, without which spawning cannot occur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » Howie Klein’s Blue America: Pounding Pombo] Reference

Inevitably, the rest of the system, headwater to outlet, will pay for the needless act.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

The same is true for headwater areas and stream corridors that feed into our water supplies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks at the Land Trust Conference] Reference

At times of low water the headwater level before the dam wall should be at least h = 1.25 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

However, some headwater wetlands are known to increase flood peaks and generate flood flows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Wetlands and Water~ Wetlands and Water~ Ecosystems and Human Well-being] Reference

Effective management of headwater streams offers higher benefits per stream segment affected.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Water management.] Reference

They are found in a few small headwater streams in Ecoregion 23, mostly in the Gila River basin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference

In the case of both the weir and the sluice, the discharge is directly dependent upon the headwater level.    From Wordnik.com.  [3. Hydraulic operation and calculations] Reference

One hotspot is the tailrace below Wilson Dam near Florence, Alabama, which is effectively Pickwick's headwater.    From Wordnik.com.  [15 Winter Fishing Destinations] Reference

The minute the first trees come down, the headwater ecosystems at the top of the mountain are dramatically altered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poisoning Headwaters Is Not "An Act of God"] Reference

Thirteen more were being built or planned on the Nu Salween and eight on the Jinsha—the headwater of the Yangtze.    From Wordnik.com.  [When a Billion Chinese Jump] Reference

Preliminary studies indicate that headwater reservoirs are needed and feasible in 61 small watersheds in the Basin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior] Reference

This condition is fulfilled when Froude's number is smaller than 0.75: where v0 = velocity in the headwater in m/s.    From Wordnik.com.  [3. Hydraulic operation and calculations] Reference

An important prerequisite for the application of this formula is that the discharge in the headwater be a flowing one.    From Wordnik.com.  [3. Hydraulic operation and calculations] Reference

For instance, different headwater wetlands and peat bogs showed increases, decreases, or neutral effects on variability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Wetlands and Water~ Wetlands and Water~ Ecosystems and Human Well-being] Reference

A series of lifts took thern to a reception area that suggested the level was a headwater of power in the Tregesser empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dragon Never Sleeps]

Again, however, a comparable degree of headwater warming and hence snowmelt runoff is not projected for the Mackenzie Basin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broad-scale effects of climate change on freshwater systems in the Arctic] Reference

In this point the river width is about 8 m; at times of low water, the minimum headwater depth (= initial water height) is h0 =.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 9] Reference

The idea that “everything can be understood and explained by reason” has been the headwater of science since the Renaissance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Review of Playmakers "Copenhagen"] Reference

The headwater dams are equally effective in reducing flood damages in small rural watersheds where losses warrant their installation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior] Reference

If headwater stream corridors are neglected, management of river segments in the lower reaches of a watershed will be less effective.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Water management.] Reference

Exactly one year ago, EPA official John Pomponio testified before the Senate that mountaintop removal irreversibly destroyed headwater streams.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Biggers: Where's the Outrage? EPA Betrays Coalfields (Again) with New Mountaintop Removal Permit] Reference

An interim solution to the local problem, though possibly not satisfactory in the long run, can be found in a system of small headwater reservoirs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior] Reference

Burying headwater streams in the region also deprives millions on the east coast of clean drinking water -- it is yet another gift to the nation from Appalachia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Biggers: Mountaintop Removal Is a National Problem: VA Leader Kathy Selvage on Next Steps for Anti-MTR Movement] Reference

Or rather, it is the headwater of propaganda, the emotional undercurrent that gives a Fox News its authority -- and one that is more likely to infiltrate the left.    From Wordnik.com.  [Preventing a Fourth Reich] Reference

Mulholland testified that there is definitive scientific evidence that headwater streams are of critical importance to downstream hydrology, water quality, and aquatic life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Read Our Lips: No More Aquacide in Appalachia!] Reference

In headwater areas or small urban watersheds scattered throughout the Basin, there are a number of other places where some damage takes place, whether agricultural or structural.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior] Reference

An estimated 1,200 miles of headwater streams have been buried under tons of mining wastes.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference