Explanation:
Divide -
It is an elevated boundary separating the areas which are drained by the different river systems .
This is also called the drainage divide .
Water that flows on one of the side of the divide empties into one body of the water , while the water that flows on the side empties into the another .
Divides ranges in the height from a very slight rise in the land to the crest of the range of mountain .
For example ,
<u>A divide in the low - lying flood plains in the northern Belgium , rise from a few meters .</u>
In the extreme , the Andes is one of the largest mountain ranges in the world present in the South America .
A mountain range which forms a divide is known as a dividing range .
Three major types of divides are the ,
continental divides,minor divides and major divides .
