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SOME time ago the term “water-shed” was somewhat vaguely used to imply either the dividing ridge between two river basins or the slopes down which the water poured into the rivers themselves. Latterly, if I mistake not, it has generally been used by geographers in the former sense only. Mr. George Grove; F.R.G.S., however, in his excellent little Primer on Geography, uses the term “water-parting” for the ridge, and water-shed for the whole of the ground between the water-parting and the stream;—very clearly illustrating his meaning by reference to the ridge tiles and the slope of the roof of a house respectively.
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H., R. What is a “Water-shed”?. Nature 18, 94 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018094c0
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