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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly.
What is meant by a water divide? Give an example.
उत्तर
Any elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland, which separates two drainage basins is known as water divide; for example, the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river systems. Ambala is located on this water divide. The Western Ghats form the main water divide in Peninsular India.
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