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WATER PARTING [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The boundary separating adjacent drainage basins.

CONT

Deep residual enrichment of the iron-formation took place along the height of land that now forms the watershed between streams flowing to the Atlantic coast and northward or westward to Ungava and Hudson Bay.

OBS

height of land (Canada: watershed): A ridge of high land that is a watershed.

Key term(s)
  • water-shed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Ligne de faîte ou frontière séparant des bassins contigus.

CONT

C'est sur la partie élevée des terres qui forment actuellement la ligne de partage des eaux entre les cours d'eau s'écoulant vers l'Atlantique et ceux se jetant vers le nord ou l'ouest dans les baies d'Ungava ou d'Hudson.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Línea límite que separa cuencas hidrográficas adyacentes.

Key term(s)
  • línea divisoria de aguas
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