Watersheds synonyms

The rivers flow across the plain in broad, level valleys, only a few hundred or even only a few dozen feet lower than the watersheds; they separate into many branches, enclosing islands, forming creeks, and drowning wide tracts of land during inundations.

The major tropical wilderness areas represent important storehouses of biodiversity and major watersheds, and play a vital role in climate stability.

A series of national parks protects the Andean summit watersheds from Mérida to east of Caracas.

Eleven of the state's 13 major watersheds are showing snow accumulations above normal.