What is meant by a water divide? Give an example.

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Any elevated area, such as a mountain or upland, separates two drainage basins. Such upland is known as water divide. Ambala is located on the water divide between th Indus and the Ganga river systems.
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Any elevated area, such as a mountain or upland, separates two drainage basins. Such upland is known as water divide. Ambala is located on the water divide between th Indus and the Ganga river systems.
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Any elevated area, such as a mountain or upland, separates two drainage basins. Such upland is known as water divide. Ambala is located on the water divide between th Indus and the Ganga river systems.
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Any elevated area, such as mountain or an upland, separated two drainage basin such an elevation is known as a water divide—for example, Indus and the Ganga river.
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The high mountain or plateaus region where the water of the river flows in two opposite direction.
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