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water parting

noun

  1. a watershed or divide.


water parting

noun

  1. another term (esp US) for watershed
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of water parting1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Without waiting for them, he shuffled back into the crowd, which parted for him like water parting for a stone.

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

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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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