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watershed

[waw-ter-shed, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌʃɛd, ˈwɒt ər- /


NOUN
drainage basin
Synonyms
NOUN
landmark
Synonyms


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The thousands of square miles of mountain watershed around us, the San Gabriels and the San Bernardinos, are as steep as roller coasters, and the rain funnels off them in tumults.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

The canal's watershed also supplies drinking water to half of Panama's 4.6 million inhabitants via infrastructure that was designed almost a century ago.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Decline of inflows into the Panama Canal’s watershed below the historical average during the current hydrological year, which started in May, according to the Panama Canal Authority.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, representing a potentially watershed moment in cancer treatment.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

They slogged all day down the southfacing slope of the watershed.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Addressing common criticisms, he pledged to keep electricity prices low by building its own energy-generating infrastructure wherever Meta invests and to restore more water than it uses in the watersheds it operates by 2030.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

When exploring the watersheds east of Cuzco, Peru, he writes, Miller was “overawed by the tropical forest canopy stretching to infinity before him.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Large watersheds are far more common on Earth than on Mars.

From Science Daily Dec. 31, 2025

An October report published by the department indicates there have been at least 16 cloud-seeding projects across multiple counties and watersheds in California in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2025

Such places, the watersheds of the great coniferous forests of spruce and balsam, of hemlock and pine, provide the kind of spawning grounds that salmon must have in order to survive.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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