- Admiralty Inlet
- Comox Coast
- Discovery Islands
- East Sound
- Fraser Lowlands
- Gulf Islands
- Hood Canal
- Qualicum Coast
- San Juan Islands
- South Puget Sound
- South Vancouver Island
- Squamish
- Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Sunshine Coast
- West Sound
- Whidbey Basin
- Salish Sea References
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Headwaters are higher elevation stream basins, draining to floodplains, typically with constrained channels, and with a substantial portion of precipitation falling as snow. Headwaters typically flow into a floodplain. They are different than lowland watersheds because of their higher elevation, and that their streams and rivers are commonly confined and eroding
Headwater Topic Pages
The following Topic Pages are categorized with Headwater.
Effects of Forest Management on Stream Flow • Logging road removal • Riparian Buffers • Stream Crossings and Fish Passage Barriers • Torrent Salamanders • Wolverine
Headwater Places By Region
The following Headwater Pages are organized by region.
Admiralty Inlet
East Sound
Fraser Lowlands
Hood Canal
Strait of Juan de Fuca
San Juan Islands
South Puget Sound
South Vancouver Island
Sunshine Coast
West Sound
Whidbey Basin
Headwater Workgroups and Efforts
The following Workgroups and Efforts are associated with Headwater.
