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 in Adelaide, South Australia * Watershed Music Festival, an annual country music festival in George, Washington

Albums and songs

* "The Watershed", a song by Mark Hollis, from his eponymous album '' Mark Hollis'' * "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) Watershed is an American rock band based in Columbus, Ohio, consisting of Colin Gawel (guitar, vocals), Joe Oestreich (bass, vocals), Rick Kinsinger (piano, guitar), Herb Schupp (drums). Their songs have appeared in several television shows, inc ...

, rock band active 1987–present * Watershed (South African band), 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 watershed stroke is defined as a brain ischemia that is localized to the vulnerable border zones between the tissues supplied by the anterior, posterior and middle cerebral arteries. The actual blood stream blockage/restriction site can be lo ...

, a stroke in a brain watershed *

Watershed (image processing) In the study of image processing, a watershed is a transformation defined on a grayscale image. The name refers metaphorically to a geological ''watershed'', or drainage divide, which separates adjacent drainage basins. The watershed transformation ...

, 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 o ...

, a cross-artform organization and venue *

Watershed (broadcasting) In broadcasting, the watershed is the time of day after which programming aimed towards mature or adult audiences is permitted. In the same way that a geological watershed divides two drainage basins, a broadcasting watershed serves as a dividin ...

, a time each evening after which certain material may be shown *

Watershed College Watershed College (or Watershed) is a private boarding school situated in a pastoral setting near Marondera in Zimbabwe. The College provides secondary education as well as an Agricultural course for girls and boys between the ages of 13 and 19 ...

, a private boarding school in Zimbabwe *

Watershed Distillery Watershed Distillery is a microdistillery in Columbus, Ohio founded in 2010 by business partners Greg Lehman and Dave Rigo. The distillery was the second distillery opened in Central Ohio after prohibition, and Watershed brought to market the fir ...

, a microdistillery in Columbus, Ohio *

Watershed High School Watershed High School is a charter school located in the city of Richfield, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, wi ...

, a charter school located in the city of Richfield, Minnesota *

Watershed mine The Watershed mine is a large open pit mine located about 160 km northwest of Cairns on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. Watershed represents one of the largest tungsten reserves in Australia having estimated reserves ...

, a large open pit mine in Far North Queensland, Australia *

Watershed Park Watershed Park is a 153-acre temperate rain forest public park located in Olympia, Washington that supplied almost all the city's water from privately established wells in the late 1800s. The city acquired and operated the wells starting in 1917 un ...

, temperate rain forest public park located in Olympia, Washington *

Watershed Trail The Watershed Trail is a rail trail in Edwardsville, Illinois, that follows an old section of Illinois Terminal Railroad tracks. The eastern end of the trail is near downtown Edwardsville at West High Street just west of North 2nd Street. For much ...