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Meanings of watershed in английском

португальский
bacia hidrográfica
каталонский
dàrsena
испанский
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
португальский
cumeeira
каталонский
línia divisòria

A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.

cumeeira
Синонимы
Examples for "divide"
Examples for "divide"
1
Events in Europe suggest IS is failing in its mission to divide.
Reuters
2
The main issues are the economy, jobs and the growing wealth divide.
Reuters
3
Yet economics only goes some way to explaining the new cultural divide.
The Guardian
4
Political scientists have been aware of the growing education divide for decades.
The Guardian
5
We divide that day into smaller fractions: the hour, minute, and second.
Wired
1
With little difficulty they transported their canoe across the water parting to the Peace River.
Pioneers in Canada
2
The Witwatersrand (White River Slope) is a slight elevation, the water parting between rivers, about one and a half miles wide and 125 miles long.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era / A Supplementa...
португальский
ponto de viragem
каталонский
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 watershed in английском
1
This year, especially, could mark a watershed moment in the political arena.
The South African
2
Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha is calling the new strategy a watershed moment.
Radio NZ
3
Says O'Connor: Now is a watershed moment for Ireland on insurance reform.
The Irish Times
4
The rout in European financial markets last week was a watershed event.
The Irish Times
5
This week has been a watershed moment for the discourse on alcohol.
The South African
6
He was in the heart of the watershed where Big Creek heads.
The Sheriff's Son
7
This is a watershed moment for the humanitarian sector as a whole.
The Guardian
8
It wants the ban extended to everything shown before the 9pm watershed.
The Guardian
9
The dot-com flameout was a watershed event for the hedge fund industry.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
10
The use of wiretaps in the investigation was considered a watershed event.
Reuters
11
The 1962 act was the great watershed, the end of the charade.
The Guardian
12
The groups say the mine harms a large watershed in southwestern Florida.
Reuters
13
The fourth quarter has been a watershed moment for the HD discs.
Reuters
14
The incident, however, is a watershed in Farrell's conception of his son.
The new yorker
15
There's an argument for having it on after the 9 p.m. watershed.
The Irish Times
16
The geographical question of the watershed had now to be grappled with.
The Personal Life of David Livingstone / Chiefly from his Unpubl...
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Watershed through the time
Watershed across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common