headwater stream
C9139
concept
A headwater stream is a small, often narrow and shallow watercourse at the uppermost reaches of a watershed where surface runoff, springs, or snowmelt first converge to form the initial flow of a river system.
Observed surface forms (1)
- glacial meltwater stream ×1
Instances (2)
- South Branch Potomac River
- Torrent de Bionnassay via concept surface "glacial meltwater stream"