water parting

American  

noun

1. a watershed or divide.

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water parting British  

noun

1. another term (esp US) for watershed

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Etymology

Origin of water parting

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Without waiting for them, he shuffled back into the crowd, which parted for him like water parting for a stone.

From Literature

From out of it came the sound of water parting under iron bows.

From Project Gutenberg

The line then runs almost due north to the south shore of the Gulf of Guayaquil, following the western water parting of the lower Tumbez valley.

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The water parting occurs in a swamp, from each end of which a small brook flows.

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The village, a few houses between the mansion and the highway, is on the ridge of the water parting between the Cherwell and the Avon.

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