Watershed definition

Watershed means a defined land area drained by a river or stream, karst system, or system of connecting rivers or streams such that all surface water within the area flows through a single outlet. In karst areas, the karst feature to which the water drains may be considered the single outlet for the watershed.
Watershed means all the land area that contributes runoff to a particular point along a waterway.
Watershed means a defined land area drained by a river or stream, karst system, or system of connecting rivers or streams such that all surface water within the area flows through a single outlet.

Examples of Watershed in a sentence

  • Renter desires that the referenced fire hydrant meter be made available for the sole purpose of obtaining water service from available DeKalb County Department of Watershed fire hydrants.


More Definitions of Watershed

Watershed means the total drainage area contributing runoff to a single point.
Watershed means a geographic region within which water drains into a particular river, stream, or other body of water.
Watershed means a defined land area drained by a river or stream, karst system, or system of
Watershed means the region or area that:
Watershed means the land area that contributes to the flow of water into a receiving body of water. [Sections 373.403(12) and 403.031(18), F.S.]
Watershed means an area of land from which water drains to a common point.
Watershed means a geographic region within which water drains into a particular river, stream, or body of water as identified and numbered by the State of Washington Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs) as defined in Chapter 173-500 WAC.