Height of land

The term height of land is a phrase used in Canada and the United States to refer to the divide between two drainage basins.[1] Height of land is frequently used in border descriptions, which are set according to the "doctrine of natural boundaries".[2][3] In glaciated areas it often refers to a low point on a divide where it is possible to portage a canoe from one river system to another.[4]

The name is enshrined at the Height of Land Portage which joins the Great Lakes to the rivers of western Canada.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Colombo, John Robert (16 December 2013). "Height of land". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Haynes, Mark (2004). The Forgotten Battle: A History of the Acadians of Canso/Chedabuctou (second ed.). Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing. pp. 102&ndash, 103. ISBN 978-1-4120-3235-3.
  3. ↑ Dikshit, Ramesh Dutta (1999). Political Geography: the Spatiality of Politics (3rd ed.). New Delhi: McGraw-Hill. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-07-463578-0.
  4. ↑ Decker, Jody F. (2011). Wishart, David J., ed. "Portages". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains.
  5. ↑ Shelley, Fred M. (2013). Nation Shapes: The Story Behind the World's Borders. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 173, 242. ISBN 978-1-61069-105-5.

Further reading

  • Decker, Jody F.; Freeman, Donald B. (1993). "The Role of Portages in Shaping the Economic Geography of the Western Canadian Fur Trade, 1774–1820". In Gibson, James R. Canada: Geographical Interpretations: Essays in Honour of John Warkentin. York University–Atkinson College Geographical Monograph 22. North York, Ontario: Geography Department, York University. pp. 31&ndash, 67. ISBN 978-1-55014-134-4.
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