Sentence examples for the watersheds from inspiring English sources
noun
The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
"The watersheds are hurt.
Forests stand in the watersheds and along the river valleys.
Mystically, unnervingly, the heaviest downpours always occur on the watersheds most recently burned.
Separated by the central plateau, the watersheds of these rivers do not meet.
(Eliminating the watersheds still leaves more than 80 percent of the shale available for drilling).
More than two-thirds of the lands in the watersheds that supply Mumbai's water are devoted to agriculture.
The main objective of the tree planting is to save what remains of the soil and to protect the watersheds.
The watersheds of the three major rivers of western Yunnan were collectively named a World Heritage site in 2003.
The city's water quality has been threatened by development in the watersheds north of the city, but it remains minimally processed.
The department should upgrade the Yorktown plant to microfiltration, as they are required to do in all plants in the watersheds.
In 1997, New York City and communities around the upstate reservoirs agreed to undertake a series of costly actions to protect the watersheds.
