A dividing ridge.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > dividing (9) shodec1330 A dividing ridge. shed1530 A ridge of high ground dividing two valleys or tracts of lower country; a ‘divide’. Cf. watershed, n.1 (The meaning in quot. 1530 is obscure.) height of land1725 A high or lofty rising ground; an eminence. height of land, a watershed or ridge of high land dividing two river basins (North American). watershed1764 The line separating the waters flowing into different rivers or river basins; a narrow elevated tract of ground between two drainage areas; a… water shear1765 = watershed, n.1 1a; cf. shear, n.2 4. ridge1773 Originally North American. A stretch of elevated ground forming the division between two river valleys or systems; = divide, n. 2. Cf. dividing ridge… divide1807 In North American, Australian usage, etc.: A ridge or line of high ground forming the division between two river valleys or systems; a watershed… water-parting1837 = watershed, n.1 1a. coteau1839 An upland area; a dividing ridge (see quots.). |
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