page_title: Drainage divide
hierarchical_section_title: Drainage divide
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Grafik zeigt die Europäischen Flusseinzugsgebiete und Hauptwasserscheiden. Zeichnung erstellt 06/2004 von Sansculotte. Bild ist unter der Creative Commons Share Alike zur weiteren Verwendung freigegeben. Quellenangabe und Beleg an sansculotte@despammed.com erbeten. English: The map shows the European rivers' catchment areas and main watersheds. Chart made on 06/2004 by de:Sansculotte. The image is released under the Creative Commons Share Alike license for futher use. Reference and sources can be requested from sansculotte@despammed.com Français&#160;: Carte des bassins fluviaux d'Europe. Carte établie en juin 2004 par le contributeur de:Sansculotte Sources (!) disponibles par demande à sansculotte@despammed.com Fluß = River = Fleuve Flußeinzugsgebiet = River drainage basin = Bassin fluvial Europäische Hauptwassercheide = European main drainage divides (GB: watersheds)
context_page_description: In topography, a drainage divide, water divide, 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. On flat terrain, especially where the ground is marshy, the divide may be harder to discern.
  A triple divide is a point, often a summit, where three drainage basins meet. A valley floor divide is a low drainage divide that runs across a valley, sometimes created by deposition or stream capture. Major divides separating rivers that drain to different seas or oceans are called continental divides.
  The term height of land is a phrase used in Canada and the United States to refer to the divide between two drainage basins. Height of land is frequently used in border descriptions, which are set according to the "doctrine of natural boundaries". In glaciated areas it often refers to a low point on a divide where it is possible to portage a canoe from one river system to another.
context_section_description: In topography, a drainage divide, water divide, 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. On flat terrain, especially where the ground is marshy, the divide may be harder to discern.
  A triple divide is a point, often a summit, where three drainage basins meet.  A valley floor divide is a low drainage divide that runs across a valley, sometimes created by deposition or stream capture.  Major divides separating rivers that drain to different seas or oceans are called continental divides.
  The term height of land is a phrase used in Canada and the United States to refer to the divide between two drainage basins.  Height of land is frequently used in border descriptions, which are set according to the "doctrine of natural boundaries". In glaciated areas it often refers to a low point on a divide where it is possible to portage a canoe from one river system to another.
caption: Major drainage divides (red ridgelines[1]) and drainage basins (green regions) in Europe (labels in German).
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