水源(すいげん)

すいげん
noun
water source, headwaters
nature
1. water source, headwaters
The place where water originates, such as a spring or the source of a river.
水源(すいげん)を守(まも)る。
To protect the water source.
川(かわ)の水源(すいげん)を探(さが)す。
To search for the river's source.
この村(むら)の水源(すいげん)は山(やま)の湧(わ)き水(みず)だ。
This village's water source is spring water from the mountain.

水源(すいげん) refers to where water originates or is collected for use.

Etymology

  • 水(すい) (water) + 源(げん) (source, origin)

Types

Related words

  • 源流(げんりゅう): headwaters (of a river)
  • 水源地(すいげんち): headwater area, the land a water supply comes from
  • 水資源(みずしげん): water resources

Common collocations

  • 水源(すいげん)の保全(ほぜん): water source conservation
  • 水源(すいげん)涵養(かんよう): water-source conservation (forests storing rain and feeding rivers and groundwater)
  • 水源(すいげん)林(りん): watershed forest

Related Words

Related: 源流(げんりゅう) (headwaters)
Related: 地下水(ちかすい) (groundwater, underground water)
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Added 2026.2.1 13:57 · Revised 2026.10.1 13:22
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