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

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

Ocean Friendly Gardens restores healthy watersheds by using native plants to filter pollutants and soak up extra water and by upgrading landscapes to maintain rainwater runoff and direct water back into the ground instead of storm drains. — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 10 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

While 25 million people rely on watersheds influenced by IRAs, dependency varies by state. — Simmone Shah, Time, 15 July 2026

The company is also on track to meet its 2030 goal of returning more water to local watersheds than its data centers consume. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 1 July 2026

The latest monthly map of wolf activity, released Wednesday, shows the wolf moved through watersheds surrounding the city of Pueblo. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 June 2026

For more precise information, Three Rivers Waterkeeper, a nonprofit that helps protect and restore the water quality of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers and their surrounding watersheds, samples the rivers and tributaries weekly each summer as part of its Swim Guide program. — Daniel Bain, The Conversation, 22 June 2026