watershed
16
6.1
- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərʃɛd/
- Specialized
:
cuenca hidrográfica
- In 1996, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts shifted its diocese boundaries from political divisions to watershed boundaries.
- watershed management
- watershed restoration
- watershed scale
Examples
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The Murray-Darling watershed spans parts of four states and all of the Australian Capital Territory.
Academic text (2008) -
Let me ask you, how much do you know about the Cahula Creek Watershed?
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And, where possible, the Forest Service is using local contractors for watershed restoration work.
Academic text (1993) -
Similarly, local water management is compatible with ecosystem goals for the entire watershed from which water is drawn.
Academic text (1999) -
Cautious management of the watershed, the lake ecosystem, and the fishery could have positive effects.
Academic text (1992) -
The majority of the water Israelis use comes from the watershed around the Sea of Galilee.
Fiction book (2002) -
Slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island, this watershed contains both desert and savanna grasslands.
Academic text (1994) -
Fifteen million people live in the bay's 64,000 square mile watershed, which includes Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond.
Academic text (1999) -
Burke Creek drains a small, high-relief watershed, flows through a sedimentation basin in the BCRA, and enters Lake Tahoe.
Academic text (2008) -
The river's flow was influenced by the surrounding watershed, which channels rainwater to different basins.
Synonyms
72
3.1
An area of land where water collects and flows into a river, lake, or sea
16
7.6
A high line of land that makes rivers flow to different seas
3
6.4
An area of land that collects rain and sends water into a river or reservoir
1
3.5
Land where a river and its streams send water to the same place
1
5.6
An area of land where rain and water flow into the same river, lake, or reservoir
1
4.0
A large area of land where all the rain and rivers flow into the same river or sea
1
3.7
Area of land that sends water into a river or lake
A high line of land that sends rainwater to different rivers
An area of land where all rain flows into a river, lake or reservoir
Compounds
How Big
- Specialized
1
3.5
- Specialized
16
6.1
- Specialized
3
6.4
- Specialized
6
7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Watershed comes from the parts water and shed, where shed here means to let water flow away; a watershed is the area of land that 'sheds' water into one river, lake, or sea.