Definition of a River Head

A River is a natural current of Water that flows with continuity. Each river has a certain flow, which is seldom constant throughout an entire year. It flows into the sea, in a lake, or in another river, in the latter case it is called a tributary. The final part of a river is called the mouth and the initial part, that is, at its beginning, the head of a river.

The source of a river is technically called as outcrop. This will be generated in high places with good vegetation cover and very little human presence, as a consequence of the property possessed by plants of to stock water and release it little by little. For plants on impermeable rock, the water will flow out of the subsoil to him I usually and this is what is called outcrop, thus generating the first thin line of the body of water, which later it will become a stream by capturing the water that the plants that are on the slope of the riverbed release. When the stream reaches a medium flow, more than 700 ml. it will become a river.

Meanwhile, the head of a river will be composed of water-absorbing plants, which if squeezed will release a large amount of water. The shape of a headboard imitates that of a fan or an inverted U, these issues are what allow even if it stops raining for lapses, there is always water to release and thus the body of the river never will dry up.

When the river or stream does not dry up for a year, it will be considered as a permanent flow, on the other hand, if it is interrupted in summer and it is activated again in winter it will be called intermittent flow.