HyperDic: water_parting

English > 1 sense of the expression water parting:
NOUNlocationwater parting, watershed, dividea ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
English > water parting: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.
Synonymswatershed, divide
InstancesGreat DivideThat part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States
Narrowercontinental divideThe watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
BroaderlineA spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Spanishdivisoria, línea divisoria, parteaguas
Catalandivisòria, línia de crestes, línia divisòria

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