head of the river
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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People living near the Mekong say there is another problem: hydroelectric dams built in China near the head of the river that are holding up its flow.
From Economist • Apr. 28, 2016
"You're the fellows who went head of the river, aren't you?" he cried.
From Peter Binney A Novel by Marshall, Archibald
We rowed in the same boat at Trinity; we kept the head of the river.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Strang, Herbert
"We ought to go head of the river this year, oughtn't we?"
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
We had been told that there was a camp on the head of the river where they were cutting wood to be burned into charcoal.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Woodcock, Eldred Nathaniel
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