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

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

Five watersheds remain in the drought warning response phase, meaning conservation measures must be in place. — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 25 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

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