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Meanings of water parting in English

Portuguese
cumeeira
Catalan
línia divisòria

A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.

        cumeeira
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        Examples for "divide"
        1
        Events in Europe suggest IS is failing in its mission to divide.
        Reuters
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        The main issues are the economy, jobs and the growing wealth divide.
        Reuters
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        Yet economics only goes some way to explaining the new cultural divide.
        The Guardian
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        Political scientists have been aware of the growing education divide for decades.
        The Guardian
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        We divide that day into smaller fractions: the hour, minute, and second.
        Wired
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        This year, especially, could mark a watershed moment in the political arena.
        The South African
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        Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha is calling the new strategy a watershed moment.
        Radio NZ
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        Says O'Connor: Now is a watershed moment for Ireland on insurance reform.
        The Irish Times
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        The rout in European financial markets last week was a watershed event.
        The Irish Times
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        This week has been a watershed moment for the discourse on alcohol.
        The South African
        Usage of water parting in English
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        With little difficulty they transported their canoe across the water parting to the Peace River.
        Pioneers in Canada
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        The Witwatersrand (White River Slope) is a slight elevation, the water parting between rivers, about one and a half miles wide and 125 miles long.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14: The New Era / A Supplementa...
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