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Bookmark or Share- Continental divide - WikipediaA continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea.
- The Continental Divide and How the Rivers Flow - ThoughtCoContinental divides separate one drainage basin from another. They are used to define the direction that an area's rivers flow and drain into the oceans and seas. The best-known continental divide is in North America and it runs along the Rocky and Andes mountain ranges.
- Map of the Continental Divide in North AmericaMap of North American showing the Continental Divide -- an invisible line that separates the major watersheds flowing to different oceans. Map courtesy of the National Geographic Society (https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/divide/).
- What Is The Continental Divide? - The 7 Continents of the WorldA continental divide separates a land mass into two water drainage systems: the land on one side of the divide drains to one ocean or sea, and the land on the other side of the divide drains to another ocean or sea.
- Continental Divide - National Geographic SocietyA continental divide is a naturally occurring boundary or ridge separating a continent ’s river systems. Each river system feeds into a distinct ocean basin, bay, or sea. Continental divides are broad, continent-wide example of drainage divides, sometimes just called divides. Divides are boundaries that separate drainage basins or watersheds ...
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