Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:

Hydrology

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 *

Drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

, 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 *

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 ...

'' * "Watershed", a song on the album ''

Nomads Indians Saints ''Nomads Indians Saints'' is the third studio album by Indigo Girls. Originally released in 1990, it was reissued and remastered in 2000 with three bonus tracks. Track listing #"Hammer and a Nail" (Emily Saliers) – 3:50 #"Welcome Me" (Amy Ray) ...

'' by the Indigo Girls * ''Watershed'' (Grant McLennan album), the debut solo album by Grant McLennan * ''Watershed'' (k.d. lang album), the fifth solo studio album by k.d. lang * ''Watershed'' (Opeth album), the ninth full-length studio album by Opeth * "Wattershed", a song by Foo Fighters on their 1995 eponymous debut album

Bands

* Watershed (American band), rock band active 1987–present *

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

Watershed area (medical) Watershed area is the medical term referring to regions of the body, that receive dual blood supply from the most distal branches of two large arteries, such as the splenic flexure of the large intestine. The term refers metaphorically to a geologi ...

, an area with overlapping blood supply ** Watershed stroke, a stroke in a brain watershed * Watershed (image processing), algorithms used in image processing * Watershed LRS, a

Learning Record Store A Learning Record Store (LRS) is a data store system that serves as a repository for learning records collected from connected systems where learning activities are conducted. It is an essential component in the process flow for using the Experienc ...

and Learning Analytics Platform

Other uses

Watershed (Bristol) Watershed opened in June 1982 as the United Kingdom's first dedicated media centre. Based in former warehouses on the harbourside at Bristol, it hosts three cinemas, a café/bar, events/conferencing spaces, the Pervasive Media Studio, and offi ...

, a cross-artform organization and venue * Watershed (broadcasting), a time each evening after which certain material may be shown * Watershed College, a private boarding school in Zimbabwe * Watershed Distillery, a microdistillery in Columbus, Ohio * Watershed High School, a charter school located in the city of Richfield, Minnesota * Watershed mine, a large open pit mine in Far North Queensland, Australia * Watershed Park, temperate rain forest public park located in Olympia, Washington * Watershed Trail, rail trail from Roxana to Edwardsville, Illinois

Hydrology

Music

Albums and songs

Bands

Science and technology

Other uses

See also