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 "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

From Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 by Sawyer-Harvey, Ruth

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

With little difficulty they transported their canoe across the water parting to the Peace River.

From Pioneers in Canada by Wallcousins, E.

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

From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold