Synonyms of watersheds

watersheds

noun

plural of watershed

as in milestones

a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs

a watershed moment in her life came when she inherited a reasonable sum of money and was able to start her own coffee shop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• milestones
• landmarks
• climaxes
• corners
• highlights
• turning points
• mileposts
• crises
• climacterics
• transformations
• emergencies
• extremities
• crushers
• metamorphoses
• conversions
• toppers
• breaks
• junctures
• boiling points
• turnarounds
• flash points
• crossroads
• conjunctures
• exigencies
• cappers
• breaking points
• clutches
• transfigurations
• clinchers
• turnabouts
• crunch times
• crunches
• heads
• zero hours
• Dunkirks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of watersheds

Local contractor Kev Woolboy was helping coordinate response efforts, checking watersheds along the highway, as floodwaters from as far as 60 miles away raced toward town. — Adam Burke, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

Instead, much of the city's water originates in mountain watersheds, where winter storms build the snowpack that eventually melts into streams, rivers and reservoirs. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

This would give local managers greater flexibility to address wildfire risk, forest health, watersheds, timber production and local economic conditions. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

About 4 million acres in California are affected, including watersheds of the American, Rubicon and Yuba rivers. — Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Wildfires also affect the watersheds that sustain humans and wildlife across the country. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Europe is contending with another heat wave this week, as soaring temperatures raise the risk of wildfires, threaten crops and dry watersheds that feed the region’s waterways, including the Rhine, Danube and Po. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

But warmer-than-normal temperatures during the winter prevented snow from accumulating, which led to a lack of snowmelt flowing into watersheds once spring came. — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Just two hours from Boston, the small town of Meredith, New Hampshire, sits at the intersection of Lake Winnipesaukee, Lake Waukewan, and their surrounding watersheds. — Annie Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026