It is nicely demonstrated in the Table of Contents of the Markdown Cheatsheet.
##### Table of Contents
[Headers](#headers)
[Emphasis](#emphasis)
...snip...
<a name="headers"/>
## Headers
If you hover over a Header in a GitHub Markdown file, you’ll see a little link sample to the left of it, you can also use that link. The format for that link is <project URL#<header name>. The <header name> must be all lower case.