water parting

noun

a watershed or divide.

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Origin of water parting

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby water parting

water ouzel, water over the dam, water ox, water paint, water park, water parting, water pennywort, water pepper, water pill, water pimpernel, water pipe

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Example sentences from the Web for water parting

The crest of the water-parting is crowned by a chain of snow-capped mountains, separated by broad patches of lower ground.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various
Cuxton is at the entrance of the valley between the two chalk ranges of hills which form the water-parting of the river Medway.
A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land|William R. Hughes
The zigzag line described is not a range of mountains, but a water-parting, which is quite another matter.
Fragments of Earth Lore|James Geikie
Our track led along the water-parting between the Ituri and Ihuru rivers.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria|Henry Morton Stanley

The delimitation is thus a quite natural and scientific one, coinciding pretty closely to the water-parting of the two countries.
In the Border Country|W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for water parting

water parting

noun

another term (esp US) for watershed (def. 1)

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