Definition of Watershed

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Watershed

The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.

The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.

Related Definitions:

Adjacent, Basin, Between, Boundary, By, Country, Division, Extent, Flow, Into, Lake, Line, Natural, Of, Or, Region, Respect, River, Supply, The, Them, To, Two, Water, Which, Whole, With

Watershed Quotations

As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.
Joe Baca

The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.
Robert Morgan

The Delaware Estuary has sustained a human population for thousands of years, but by the end of the 19th Century, increased population and industrialization had transformed much of the upper Estuary watershed.
Jim Gerlach

The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.
Todd Akin

Watershed Translations

watershed in German is Wasserscheide
watershed in Swedish is vattendelare

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