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Problem 1 - Entrance Test

What is a water divide?

A. An area where two rivers meet.B. A highland or an upland that separates two adjoining drainage basins.C. A point where a river originates.D. An artificial canal built to divert water.

Correct: B

A water divide is an elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland, that separates two distinct drainage basins. Rainwater falling on one side of the divide flows into one basin, and water falling on the other side flows into a different basin.