watershed

1. A ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems. Also called water parting.
2. The region draining into a river, river system, or other body of water.
3. A critical point that marks a division or a change of course; a turning point: “a watershed in modern American history, a time that … forever changed American social attitudes” (Robert Reinhold).

[Probably translation of German Wasserscheide : Wasser, water + Scheide, divide, parting.]

noun

The region drained by a river system: basin. See territory.

The boundary between two river systems. The watershed marks the divide between drainage basins, and usually runs along the highest points of the interfluves.

1. A dividing line between drainage areas.
2. A wash, 1.
3. A water table, 1.
4. An area from which a community or region receives its supply of water.

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.

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Watershed may refer to:

• Watershed, drainage divide (non-American usage)
• Watershed, drainage basin (North American usage)
• Watershed (algorithm), an algorithm used in image processing
• Watershed area (medical), an area with overlapping blood supply
  • Watershed stroke, a stroke in a brain watershed area
• Watershed (television), a time each evening after which certain material may be shown
• Watershed Media Centre, an arts centre in Bristol, England

Music

Bands

• Watershed (American band)
• Watershed (South African band)

Albums

• Watershed (Grant McLennan album)
• Watershed (K.D. Lang album)
• Watershed (Opeth album)

See also

• List of watershed topics
• Watersheddings, former British rugby stadium

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vandskel, vendepunkt, afvandingsområde

Nederlands (Dutch)
waterscheiding, keerpunt (van gebeurtenissen)

Français (French)
n. - (Géog) ligne de partage des eaux, (fig) tournant
adj. - de partage des eaux

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wendepunkt, Wasserscheide
adj. - Wendepunkt-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σταθμός, ορόσημο, υδροκρίτης (κν. νεροχωρίστρα), γραμμή διαχωρισμού των υδάτων
adj. - καθοριστικός

Italiano (Italian)
spartiacque

Português (Portuguese)
n. - linha divisória (f) de águas, momento crítico (m)
adj. - fundamental

Русский (Russian)
водораздел, бассейн (реки), граница между двумя этапами

Español (Spanish)
n. - línea divisoria de las aguas, cuenca, momento decisivo
adj. - de o relacionado con la cuenca, momento decisivo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vattendelare, flodområde
adj. - vattendelande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分水岭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 分水嶺

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 분수계, (강의) 유역, 중대한 시기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 分水線, 分水界, 流域, 重大な時期

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حادث بارز يمثل بدايه مرحله جديدة, خط فاصل, مستجمع الأمطار, أرض مرتفعه بين النهرين (صفه) نقطه تحول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרשת-מים, קו מפריד, נקודת מפנה‬

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