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water parting

noun

a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

• Syn: ↑watershed, ↑divide

• Derivationally related forms: ↑divide (for: ↑divide)

• Hypernyms: ↑line

• Hyponyms: ↑continental divide

• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Great Divide

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noun

: a summit or boundary line separating the drainage districts of two streams or coasts : divide — compare watershed

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a watershed or divide.

[1855-60]

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water parting,

a watershed or divide.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.