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  • German it is "Wasser-scheide," i.e. water-parting; in Low German it is "Water-shed," with the same meaning, thus making our own term perfectly clear.

    The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

  • "Wasser-scheide, separation of the waters, not water-SHED the slope DOWN

    The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

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