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drainage divide

line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
Class type of: geographical feature, open polygonal chain Q152005

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
feature type
Subclass of
geographical feature, open polygonal chain[2][3]
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[4][5][6][7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Limnology and Oceanography, WikiProject Geography, WikiProject Geology[9][10][11]
Vocalized name
קַו פָּרָשַׁת הַמַּיִם[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en height of land en drainage divide en ridgeline en dividing range en water parting en watershed en divide en water divide ar مستجمعات مياه ar خط التصريف المائي ar خط تقسيم الصرف cs rozvodí da vandskel de Wasserscheidelinie de Wasserscheide es Interfluvio es linea divisoria de las aguas es divisoria de drenaje es divortium aquarum es divortium aquarium
🔖 Identifiers · 24
GND ID
4189240-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Minor drainage divide south of Buckeye Arizona aerial.jpg ↗
BNCF Thesaurus ID
33825
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
aarde-weer-en-klimaat/waterscheiding
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.73, 551.48
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1nFS7g
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
115411
Environment Ontology ID
00000292
Freebase ID
/m/07kgtm
GeoNames feature code
T.DVD
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
divisoria-daigues
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0227885
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
vannskille
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
vodorazdel-03ab7b
KBpedia ID
DrainageDivide
Lex ID
vandskel
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
12729749
Topic's main category
Category:Drainage divides
Treccani ID
spartiacque
UNESCO Thesaurus ID
concept8389
Vikidia article ID
eu:Uren_banalerroa, fr:Ligne_de_partage_des_eaux
WikiKids ID
Waterscheiding
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
08697107-n
YSO ID
26761

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🔗 Connections
Examples 6
Continental Divide of the Americas, Maanselkä, Suomenselkä, Congo-Nile Divide, Laurentian Divide, Eastern Continental Divide
Described by source 1
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Subclass of 1
geographical feature
Subtypes 1
triple divide
Topic's main category 1
Category:Drainage divides
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Drainage divides
← Has boundary 1
drainage basin
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Summary

drainage divide is a feature type[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Q24367762. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Treisijs · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Limnology and Oceanography, WikiProject Geography, WikiProject Geology
    "Created claim: Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Limnology and Oceanography"
  2. 18w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1nFS7g
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  3. 22w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    "Changed claim: Instance of: feature type"
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