Question

Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) What is meant by a water divide? Give an example.​

Answer 1

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• A water divide or a drainage divide is any elevated area of terrain that separates drainage basins into two parts. It can be a mountain, plateau, or any terrain which is separating neighboring drainage basins. ... Ambala is an example of a water divide. It is located between the Indus and Ganga river system.

Answer 2

A mountain or an upland separates two drainage basins in an elevated area. Such an upland is known as a water divide. For example, the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river systems.