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watershed

Boundary formed by height differences in the land, situated between two rivers or drainage basins.


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On the opposite slope of the watershed they came down into a level country where were great stretches of forest and many streams, and through these great stretches they ran steadily, hour after hour, the sun rising higher and the day growing warmer.
The creeks that drain that side the Klondike watershed are just as likely to have gold as the creeks that drain this side.
Grey Beaver had crossed the great watershed between Mackenzie and the Yukon in the late winter, and spent the spring in hunting among the western outlying spurs of the Rockies.
 
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