Watershed

Noun

 * 1) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
 * 3) The land area that drains water into a stream.
 * 4) A critical point marking a change in course or development.
 * 5)  The time after which material of more adult nature (violence, swear words, sex) may be broadcast on television or radio, either one laid down or one contrived (e.g. when children are not watching...)

Synonyms

 * water parting, drainage divide, water divide, divide
 * catchment basin, catchment, catchment area, drainage area, river basin, water basin
 * safe harbor 🇺🇸
 * turning point

Derived terms

 * postwatershed
 * prewatershed
 * watershedding

Etymology
, a calque of Wasserscheide:, a compound of Wasser: + Scheide:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: вододел
 * Finnish:
 * French: ligne de partage des eaux
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: קו פרשת המים
 * Icelandic: vatnaskil
 * Norwegian: vannskille
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: línea divisoria


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אגן ניקוז


 * Russian: бассейн
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:, h
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: קו פרשת המים


 * Norwegian: vannskille
 * Russian: переломный момент
 * Spanish: hito, momento decisivo, punto crucial, punto de inflexión


 * Portuguese: horário nobre


 * Spanish: dos rombos