The meaning of Watersheds

Watersheds – definition

noun
An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
Usage examples:
In the marin watershed on pumpkin ridge, davidson showed me a site where rizzo and other scientists…
noun
An event or period marking a turning point in a situation.
Usage examples:
These works were a watershed in the history of music

noun
An event or period that is important because it represents a big change and the start of new developments
Usage examples:
A watershed event/moment, the discovery of penicillin was a watershed in the history of medicine.

noun
An event or period that is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something
Usage examples:
A watershed for sth/sb the buyout was hailed on wall street as a watershed for private equity., a w…

Watersheds translation into English

Watersheds: translate from English into Chinese

分水岭

Watersheds: translate from English into Dutch

Stroomgebieden, Waterscheiding, Stroomgebied

Watersheds: translate from English into French

Bassins versants, Grand tournant, Moment critique, Ligne de partage des eaux

Watersheds: translate from English into German

Wasserscheiden, Wasserscheide, Wendepunkt

Watersheds: translate from English into Hindi

वाटरशेड, वाटर-शेड, जलविभाजन

Watersheds: translate from English into Italian

Spartiacque, Displuvio

Watersheds: translate from English into Korean

분수령, 유역, 분수계, 분기점, 분수선, 중대한 시기, 위기, 분수계에 둘러싸인 지역

Watersheds: translate from English into Russian

Водоразделы, Водораздел, Бассейн реки

Watersheds: translate from English into Spanish

Cuencas, Cuenca, Línea divisoria

Word origin

early 19th century: from water + shed in the sense ‘ridge of high ground’ (related to shed2), suggested by German Wasserscheide .

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Watersheds – similar words

watershed

ˈwɔː.tə.ʃed

noun
An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
Usage examples:
In the marin watershed on pumpkin ridge, davidson showed me a site where rizzo and other scientists…

noun
An event or period that is important because it represents a big change and the start of new developments
Usage examples:
A watershed event/moment, the discovery of penicillin was a watershed in the history of medicine.

noun
An event or period that is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something
Usage examples:
A watershed for sth/sb the buyout was hailed on wall street as a watershed for private equity., a w…

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