GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A drainage divide, water divide, divide, ridgeline, watershed, or water parting is the line that separates neighboring drainage basins. On rugged land, the divide lies along topographical ridges and maybe in the form of a single range of hills or mountains, known as a dividing range.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ridges and hills that separate two watersheds are called the drainage divide. The watershed consists of surface water–lakes, streams, reservoirs, and wetlands–and all the underlying groundwater. Larger watersheds contain many smaller watersheds.

Detailed explanation-3: -A watershed is an area of land that drains or “sheds” water into a specific waterbody. Every body of water has a watershed. Watersheds drain rainfall and snowmelt into streams and rivers. These smaller bodies of water flow into larger ones, including lakes, bays, and oceans.

Detailed explanation-4: -The watersheds of China’s Yellow and Yangtze Rivers form a major divide, for example. The Yellow River forms a watershed in China’s north. It empties into the Bohai Sea, part of the Pacific Ocean. The Yangtze River forms a watershed south of the divide, emptying into the East China Sea.

Detailed explanation-5: -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. A mountain range can act as a water divide and is known as a dividing range.