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Continental divide
Meaning
Noun
●
In Geography:
A
line
of
elevated
terrain
that
divides
a
watershed
or a
continent
, so that water
flowing
on either
side
eventually
travels
to
separate
bodies
of water.
Name
●
An
unincorporated
community
in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
●
A
continental divide
in the Americas to the
west
of which water
drains
into the Pacific Ocean, and to the
east
of which it
flows
variously
into the Atlantic, Arctic, or Southern Ocean (Antarctic Ocean).
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