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watershed

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


NOUN
drainage basin
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NOUN
landmark
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“We are forcing the fish to be in places where they never were historically,” said Carson Jeffres, a senior researcher at the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Leana Hosea is an environmental investigative journalist and a founder of non-profit Watershed, which investigates freshwater and marine environment issues.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2025

Significantly, by analyzing specimens from the Skeena Watershed, Armstrong's team identified unique hazelnut clusters that are only found at the origin place of the Gitxsan, Ts'msyen, and Nisga'a peoples.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2024

Independent cinema and multi-arts venue Watershed is also forecasting a loss this year, of about £100,000.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

Seven great heights had I climbed: the Forest, Archettes, the Ballon, the Mont Terrible, the Watershed, the pass by Moutier, the Weissenstein.

From The Path to Rome by Belloc, Hilaire




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