watershed
A critical point marking a change in course or development.
Other meanings
The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
Synonyms
- divide
Related words
- air shed
- foodshed
- laborshed
- viewshed
- walkshed
- driveshed
- cultureshed
- milkshed
- subwatershed
- fibershed
- megashed
- watershedding
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “watershed” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.