'Water parting' definitions:

Definition of 'water parting'

noun

A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems [syn: watershed, water parting, divide]

From: GCIDE

Water parting \Water parting\ (Phys. Geog.) A summit from the opposite sides of which rain waters flow to different streams; a line separating the drainage districts of two streams or coasts; a divide; a watershed. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From: GCIDE

Watershed \Wa"ter*shed`\, n. [Cf. G. wasserscheide; wasser water + scheide a place where two things separate, fr. scheiden to separate.] [1913 Webster]
1. The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake. [1913 Webster]
2. The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin; -- called also divide and water parting. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. a point in time marking an important transition between two situations, or phases of an activity; a turning point. [PJC]

From: GCIDE

Divide \Di*vide"\, n. A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called watershed and water parting. A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a continental divide. [1913 Webster +PJC]