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> An English watershed is a line or ridge separating the waters that flow into different drainage areas, but in America it’s a slope down which the water flows,
by watersb 3y ago
> An English watershed is a line or ridge separating the waters that flow into different drainage areas, but in America it’s a slope down which the water flows, or the catchment area of a river.
The original English meaning of watershed is retained in American English in a metaphorical usage, such as "a watershed event", a turning point.
- poulsbohemian 3y agoI guess I've been using Pond and Watershed incorrectly all these years, as I have definitely referred to something artificial as a pond and have used watershed to connote drainage. Even the definition of bluff they use feels to me like something we could use in American English. So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯