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water parting
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Water parting
(gcide) | Water parting \Water parting\ (Phys. Geog.)
A summit from the opposite sides of which rain waters flow to
different streams; a line separating the drainage districts
of two streams or coasts; a divide; a watershed.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
water parting
(gcide) | Watershed \Wa"ter*shed`\, n. [Cf. G. wasserscheide; wasser water
+ scheide a place where two things separate, fr. scheiden to
separate.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The whole region or extent of country which contributes to
the supply of a river or lake.
[1913 Webster]
2. The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes
with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into
them; the natural boundary of a basin; -- called also
divide and water parting.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. a point in time marking an important transition between
two situations, or phases of an activity; a turning point.
[PJC] |
water parting
(gcide) | Divide \Di*vide"\, n.
A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two
streams; also called watershed and water parting. A
divide on either side of which the waters drain into two
different oceans is called a continental divide.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
water parting
(wn) | water parting
n 1: a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
[syn: watershed, water parting, divide] |
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Water parting
(gcide) | Water parting \Water parting\ (Phys. Geog.)
A summit from the opposite sides of which rain waters flow to
different streams; a line separating the drainage districts
of two streams or coasts; a divide; a watershed.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Watershed \Wa"ter*shed`\, n. [Cf. G. wasserscheide; wasser water
+ scheide a place where two things separate, fr. scheiden to
separate.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The whole region or extent of country which contributes to
the supply of a river or lake.
[1913 Webster]
2. The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes
with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into
them; the natural boundary of a basin; -- called also
divide and water parting.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. a point in time marking an important transition between
two situations, or phases of an activity; a turning point.
[PJC]Divide \Di*vide"\, n.
A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two
streams; also called watershed and water parting. A
divide on either side of which the waters drain into two
different oceans is called a continental divide.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
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