subwatershed

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noun

Any of several parts of a watershed that drain to a specific location.

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Meanings

nounsubwatershed (plural subwatersheds)

plural subwatersheds

  1. Any of several parts of a watershed that drain to a specific location.

    Model simulations were conducted in the Gwynns Falls Watershed (171 km 2 ), Maryland, USA, a subwatershed that discharges to the Chesapeake Bay. The three streams included in the Pennino et al.

    2015 July 18, “Urban Stream Burial Increases Watershed-Scale Nitrate Export”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From sub- + watershed.

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subwatershed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subwatershed

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subwatershed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subwatershed.

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