Question

What is meant by a water divide? Give an example.

Answer 1

A drainage divide, water divide, divide, ridgeline,watershed, or water parting is the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges, and may be in the form of a single range of hills or mountains, known as a dividing range.

Eg: Congo-Nile Divide.

the divide between the Yellow River basin and the Yangtze.

Answer 2

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The elevated area as a mountain or an upland, which separates two basins, is known as a water divide. Example - Ambala ( located between the Indus and Ganga )