water parting

water parting

n. See watershed.

water parting

n (Physical Geography) another term (esp US) for watershed¹

Thesaurus

Noun

1.water parting - a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systemswatershed, divideline - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extentcontinental divide - the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)

Translations

Wasserscheide