| NOUN | location | watershed, water parting, divide | a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems |
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| location | watershed, river basin, basin, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area | the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries | |
| event | watershed, landmark, turning point | an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend |
| Sounds | waa'tersheh.d; wao'tersheh.d | |
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| Rhymes | abed ... zed: 93 rhymes with ehd... | |
| Meaning | A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems. | |
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| Synonyms | water parting, divide | |
| Instances | Great Divide | That part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States |
| Narrower | continental divide | The watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico) |
| Broader | line | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
| Spanish | divisoria, línea divisoria, parteaguas | |
| Catalan | divisòria, línia de crestes, línia divisòria | |
| Meaning | The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet. | |
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| Synonyms | river basin, basin, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area | |
| Narrower | detention basin | A storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream |
| retention basin | A storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream | |
| Broader | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region | A demarcated area of the Earth |
| Spanish | cuenca fluvial, cuenca hidrográfica, cuenca, dársena | |
| Catalan | conca hidrogràfica, conca, dàrsena | |
| Meaning | An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend. | |
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| Example | "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations" | |
| Synonyms | landmark, turning point | |
| Narrower | Fall of Man | (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death |
| road to Damascus | A sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians) | |
| Broader | juncture, occasion | An event that occurs at a critical time |
| Spanish | punto de inflexión, sobresaliente | |
| Catalan | moment decisiu | |
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