continental divide
continental divide · continental divides
A line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
More definitions
- the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
Translations
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