Divide and Watershed

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Divide noun - A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.

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Watershed is a synonym for divide. In some cases you can use "Watershed" instead a noun "Divide".

Nearby Words: division, divided, dividing, divider, divisive

Watershed noun - A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.

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Divide is a synonym for watershed. You can use "Divide" instead the word "Watershed" as a noun or a verb.

It's also applied on the larger scale of rivers with a watershed being an imaginary line separating the water that flows into one direction from that which flows into another as in the Continental Divide which separates rivers draining into the Atlantic from those draining into the Pacific.

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