watershed
Chiefly British. the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide.
the region or area drained by a river, stream, etc.; drainage area.
Architecture. wash (def. 45).
an important point of division or transition between two phases, conditions, etc.: The treaty to ban war in space may prove to be one of history's great watersheds.
constituting a watershed: a watershed area; a watershed case.
Origin of watershed
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How to use watershed in a sentence
“I was actually shocked at how torn up that upper end of the watershed was,” Joab said.
Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them. | by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun, and Lylla Younes, ProPublica | September 18, 2020 | ProPublicaEach watershed was thought to be unique—leaving little ability to create a model that would work equally well across different river basins, Nevo explained.
Google bolsters its A.I.-enabled flood alerts for India and Bangladesh | Jeremy Kahn | September 1, 2020 | FortuneThree-quarters of the 1,700-square-mile Tijuana River watershed lies in Mexico.
No One Is Actually in Charge of Solving the Border Sewage Crisis | Dianne Feinstein | August 12, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoGiven that most of the watershed is in Mexico, this is a binational issue.
No One Is Actually in Charge of Solving the Border Sewage Crisis | Dianne Feinstein | August 12, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoI think an over-reliance on grants, especially in public media, is a whole bunch of coverage of the watershed and nowhere near enough coverage of City Hall.
‘We need to be ready to help’: LION Publishers head Chris Krewson on assisting the local news industry | Pierre Bienaimé | July 21, 2020 | Digiday
The alleged FBI and U.S. Attorney investigations into the Newark watershed may have something to do with that.
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy | Olivia Nuzzi | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a recent interview with NJTV, Booker called the watershed, “one of the big policy losses that I had in Newark.”
The Ugly Truth About Cory Booker, New Jersey’s Golden Boy | Olivia Nuzzi | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe tells us about the devastating consequences of these toxins entering the watershed.
To say that the past few years have been a watershed period of improvement for LGBT America is an understatement.
The success of Guardians of the Galaxy maybe, just maybe, could be a watershed moment for women.
'Guardians of the Galaxy' Is Not a Watershed Moment for Women | Kevin Fallon | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe says he would have walked on to the watershed the first day had we only stiffened his force with the 29th Division.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonIn so far as our object was to follow up a glacier to the North Col we were now on the wrong side of a watershed.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryIn Butler County there are four refineries on the Walnut watershed upstream from the area surveyed.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas | Artie L. MetcalfA few years ago planting was undertaken on the watershed of the Colorado Springs, Colorado, reservoir.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerOn steep slopes a certain number of trees must be left to protect the watershed and to prevent the erosion of the soil.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai Boerker
British Dictionary definitions for watershed
/ (ˈwɔːtəˌʃɛd) /
the dividing line between two adjacent river systems, such as a ridge
an important period or factor that serves as a dividing line
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Scientific definitions for watershed
[ wô′tər-shĕd′ ]
A continuous ridge of high ground forming a divide between two different drainage basins or river systems.
The region enclosed by such a divide and draining into a river, river system, or other body of water.
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Cultural definitions for watershed
A ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems. On one side of a watershed, rivers and streams flow in one direction; on the other side they flow in another direction. Also, the area drained by a water system.
Notes for watershed
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