Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
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Drainage divide
A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges, and may be in the form of a singl ...
, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
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Drainage basin, called a "watershed" in North American usage, an area of land where surface water converges
Music
* ''Watershed'', a 2022 oratorio based on the
murder of George Duncan
George Ian Ogilvie Duncan (20 July 1930 – 10 May 1972) was an Australian law lecturer at the University of Adelaide who drowned in 1972 after being thrown into the River Torrens by a group of men believed to be police officers. Public outrage ...
in Adelaide, South Australia
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Watershed Music Festival
Watershed Music Festival is an annual country music festival held at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. Produced by Live Nation, the first event was held August 3–5, 2012. Watershed is usually a three day festival. The main attracti ...
, an annual country music festival in George, Washington
Albums and songs
* "The Watershed", a song by Mark Hollis, from his eponymous album ''
Mark Hollis
Mark David Hollis (4 January 1955 – February 2019) was an English musician and singer-songwriter. He achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the 1980s and 1990s as the co-founder, lead singer and principal songwriter of the band ...
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* "Watershed", a song on the album ''
Nomads Indians Saints'' by the Indigo Girls
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''Watershed'' (Grant McLennan album), the debut solo album by Grant McLennan
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''Watershed'' (k.d. lang album), the fifth solo studio album by k.d. lang
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''Watershed'' (Opeth album), the ninth full-length studio album by Opeth
* "Wattershed", a song by Foo Fighters on their 1995
eponymous debut album
Bands
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Watershed (American band), rock band active 1987–present
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Watershed (South African band)
Watershed is a South African pop rock band founded in Johannesburg in 1998.
History
Most famous for their signature tune 'Indigo Girl' in 2002, Watershed became a 'natural' success when a German radio DJ heard the single whilst vacationing i ...
, pop-rock band active 1998–present
Science and technology
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Watershed area (medical), an area with overlapping blood supply
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Watershed stroke, a stroke in a brain watershed
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Watershed (image processing), algorithms used in image processing
* Watershed LRS, a
Learning Record Store and Learning Analytics Platform
Other uses
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Watershed (Bristol), a cross-artform organization and venue
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Watershed (broadcasting), a time each evening after which certain material may be shown
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Watershed College, a private boarding school in Zimbabwe
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Watershed Distillery, a microdistillery in Columbus, Ohio
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Watershed High School, a charter school located in the city of Richfield, Minnesota
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Watershed mine, a large open pit mine in Far North Queensland, Australia
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Watershed Park, temperate rain forest public park located in Olympia, Washington
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Watershed Trail, rail trail from Roxana to Edwardsville, Illinois
See also
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Watershed district (disambiguation)
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Watersheddings, the site of a rugby league stadium
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