GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

GROUNDWATER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A ridge or an area of higher ground that separates two watersheds is called a(n)
A
divide
B
gradient
C
tributary
D
aquifer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The line that separates two adjacent drainage basins is called a water divide. A drainage divide, water divide, divide, ridgeline, watershed, or water parting is the line that separates neighboring drainage basins.

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.

Detailed explanation-3: -A watershed starts at the highest points on the landscape, like mountain peaks and ridgelines that divide one valley or drainage from another. The imaginary line that connects those high points is called the watershed divide.

Detailed explanation-4: -A line which separates two adjacent drainage basins is known as water divide.

Detailed explanation-5: -A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring 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.

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