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watershed |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Watershed \Wa"ter*shed`\, n. [Cf. G. wasserscheide wasser water + scheide a place where two things separate, fr scheiden to separate.] 1. The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake. 2. The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them the natural boundary of a basin. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: watershed n : a line that divides two adjacent river systems [syn: {water parting}, {divide}]
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