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continental divide
noun
- a divide separating river systems that flow to opposite sides of a continent.
- Continental Divide. (in North America ) the line of summits of the Rocky Mountains, separating streams flowing toward the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean from those flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Arctic Ocean.
continental divide
noun
- the watershed of a continent, esp ( often caps. ) the principal watershed of North America, formed by the Rocky Mountains
continental divide
- A region of high ground, from each side of which the river systems of a continent flow into different continental-scale drainage basins.
- ◆ In North America, the Continental Divide is a series of mountain ridges stretching from Alaska to Mexico, marking the separation of drainage basins that empty into the Pacific Ocean or Bering Sea from those that empty into the Arctic or Atlantic Oceans or the Gulf of Mexico.
continental divide
- An imaginary geographic line defined by the fact that water poured on one side of it would ultimately flow into the ocean on one side of a continent , while water poured on the other side of the line would flow into the ocean on the other side of the continent.
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
She has also set records in the Tour Divide, a gruelling race traversing the American continental divide along the Rocky Mountains.
So far, however, the prolific fish have mostly stopped short of the Great Lakes, blocked by the subtle ridge of a continental divide that circles the lakes' southern and western shores.
Positioned high up on the craggy, wind-whipped continental divide in central Colorado, the mountain is relatively well-positioned to endure a warmer, shorter winter season.
But imports, such as Colorado River water pumped over the continental divide and down to the Front Range, can in many cases be completely used up.
“You listen to me, Isaiah Thornton. I hate that we have to split our child in half like the continental divide.”
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