Hui Rodomsky

Yachats River The word “watershed” is widely used in many contexts.  But what IS  a “watershed”?  “Watershed” is a compound word made of “water” and “shed”.  Now, dear readers, is the word “shed” in this context a noun as in a shed that stores things?  Or is it a verb as in a dog shedding fur?  The correct answer is that the “shed” in “watershed” is a verb.  A watershed is the area of land where all the water that sheds from it drains to the same place – a stream, a creek, a river, and even a...