watershed

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For many the watershed was the October 2007 savage beating and subsequent death of an Italian naval officer's wife, Giovanna Reggiani, 47, near a shanty settlement on the outskirts of Rome mostly inhabited by ethnic Roma.

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  1. noun A ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems. Also called water parting.
  2. noun The region draining into a river, river system, or other body of water.
  3. noun A critical point that marks a division or a change of course; a turning point: "a watershed in modern American history, a time that ... forever changed American social attitudes” (Robert Reinhold).

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  • During this period, the inflow into the watershed is about 200 cubic feet per second while the outflow remains at 500 to 600 cubic feet per second. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
  • Watershed Manager John Moore said a watershed could be as big as your backyard. —  news | SJ | http://www.goupstate.com
  • The Brazos River Authority has sent out a news release that because of recent rainfall in the Lake Aquilla watershed, the BRA terminated the lake's Stage 1 drought watch. —  wacotrib - Latest News Headlines
  • The snowpack in Colorado is about 120 percent of normal, and the rest of the watershed is above or near normal. —  AroundTheCapitol.com
  • "However, the presence of nuclear power facilities or other nuclear industries within the watershed area means that there is the potential for release of artificial radionuclides as well," he said. —  Ottawa Sun
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  1. Probably translation of German Wasserscheide : Wasser, water + Scheide, divide, parting.

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  1. from water + shed.
 

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