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Meanings of watershed (watersheds) in English

Portuguese
bacia hidrográfica
Catalan
dàrsena
Spanish
cuenca

The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.

      bacia hidrográfica
      Portuguese
      cumeeira
      Catalan
      línia divisòria

      A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.

            cumeeira
            Portuguese
            ponto de viragem
            Catalan
            moment decisiu

            An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.

                  ponto de viragem
                  Usage of watersheds in English
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                  Traditional methods are also used to protect watersheds or coasts.
                  Reuters
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                  This is one of the great watersheds of South America.
                  Full Circle
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                  The 1980s formed one of the watersheds of modern history.
                  Modern Times
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                  New York City urged a ban on natural gas drilling in its watersheds on Wednesday.
                  Reuters
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                  Coca-Cola is helping to repair national watersheds that also happen to supply its own factories.
                  The Guardian
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                  The current maintenance budget doesn't match the scale of America's long-term modifications of its watersheds.
                  Wired
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                  Its feeders reach the Andes, draining watersheds within a hundred miles of the Pacific ocean.
                  Boy Scouts in an Airship; Or, The Warning from the Sky
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                  The agency recommended not drilling in the watersheds that serve New York City and Syracuse.
                  Reuters
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                  The logging increases global warming with heightened carbon emissions, and landslides through loss of watersheds.
                  Reuters
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                  It is situated, so to say, on one of the great natural watersheds of laughter.
                  Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
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                  We followed the main trails which followed the watersheds.
                  The Trail Book
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                  The old explorers usually laid claim to certain watersheds.
                  Project Mastodon
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                  Environmentalists said more money was needed to enforce laws to stop industrial pollution and protect watersheds.
                  Reuters
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                  Utah has approved PR Spring despite opposition from green groups that say such projects threaten watersheds.
                  Reuters
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                  They are watersheds for individuals and governments, for the fortunes of political parties and entire parliaments.
                  The Guardian
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                  Small watersheds often do have unity of this human sort, but very few major river basins.
                  The Nation's River: A report on the Potomac / From the U.S. Depa...