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What is a drainage divide?A) A ridge or strip of high ground separating one drainage basin from another.B) The arrangement of a stream and its tributaries.C) The total area drained by a stream and its tributaries.D) The area where a stream flows into a lake or ocean.

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A) A ridge or strip of high ground separating one drainage basin from another

Step-by-step explanation:

A drainage divide is an area with an increase in height of the land or elevated terrain which seperates neighbouring drainage basins. This may be in a form of a single range of hills or mountains

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